[Dumpster Baby]

The radio traffic and phone patches expected out of a disaster area were really low on this one. The local hams got wiped out along with everyone else, and anyone who might have been able to get a mobile rig to the Astrodome wouldn't dare go there. No power, no phones, no dry ground, no fuel, and no one was bulletproof.
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I've been monitoring the disaster nets on 40 and 75, and the ops spend most of their time just talking to each other. There's very little actual traffic to handle.

[Dumpster Baby]

Duh, got a few typos in there. The radio traffic and phone patches expected out of a disaster area were really low on this one. The local hams got wiped out along with everyone else, and anyone who might have been able to get a mobile rig to the Superdome wouldn't dare go there. No power, no phones, no dry ground, no fuel, and no one was bulletproof.

I've been monitoring the disaster nets on 40 and 75, and the ops spend most of their time just talking to each other. There's very little actual traffic to handle.