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r«porti» dlr#ctly to th«* w#«th«r bur««u. Vh«n th« f^ation«l Cunrd •rrlv^ th^ h«p« ir#r« ••lco<3 to th«« «nd the lew enforcevcnt official#* About fO aaatetir radio oparatora help ed durln9 the diaaatar. JOLT im - 0Jt£€CI fOlIST Flfl Korth««at«rn Or«9on - 8,000 •era "3uaalt" (Ira. Tha National Foraat Sr«t«> radio waa quickly City, and with oaarloadad with coaaunlcatlooa Dafanaa. In Vaohlngton. from tha aany othar £lraa In tha p^c.. to raport on tha axtent of •al lowa-Whltaan National Foraat. dlaordar. St. Croix waa In talk to the Puerto Rlcana about the daea9a aaaeaaaient reporta. S«pt. I7tb - ?lr^Io Islaeds %^lnda In evcaaa of 210 Hrrr. 5eeen killed In St* Croix* with ^Ot of the ho«ee deatroyed. Be tween 20 and 2S hana actively operated there during the etor*. S<pt. H-30 - Potrto llco ffaee linked that area with the United Hatlone etatlon* in Few the Depart- The Foreet Sereice fire aanasere uacd aaateur radio operetora to reach the bate caepe in the fire Coincidentally, the foreet Service had slven the aaateure pereieeion to put up their **Spout a etate of anarchy, with Jail prieonere looee, eerchante hold ing lootere at gun point and local police were not reporting for duty. Baeed upon thie ha«-e%ipplied Information, Preeident Bueh or- Springe* repeater, at the 5,500- regular Amy troope and the foot level in the Blue Hountaine* to-St. Croix to reetore Thie repeater, capable of three- ^^der. Ham radio handled the re- etate coverage, wee used for the p^^te and the deciaione. Borne fire communicatione. The prev- Included In tha para- ioue year tha hame helped with taame, into the dleaa- the Tepee Butte fire. aitea, to eetablieh addlticn- a I coaeiunicatlone. Kama mtatione aboard the U85 Valdex, which waa at the Puerto path of daath and da- handlad 42J tha Eaatarn Carib- P^on* patchaa fof craw.an and local ielandere to their loved onee in the Statoia Ram radio wee their only link availablea S«pt. Jilt - Sooth Cirolloa Haeelve destruction. 135 HFH winde, power linee and treea down and roofe collapeing. The hame 1989 - HIMICANE HUGO Left a atruction in bean, Puerto Rico and South Caro lina. Romee and neighborhoode were turned into rubble. The hame eerved government and wel fare agenclee, including Civil Defence, the Red Croee and the Fational Cuard. Before the etora hit, begin- began preparing for the eterm on ning September 16th, amateur September 16th, organizing mem- rad lo nete were eet up* on 20 here and reeourcee. They remain- metere and operated contlnuouely ed active for the next 10 daya, duty with the Red Croee during for the next nine daye. Official linking various emergency opera- eight-day period, government meesagee, damage re- ting centere for the Department 1989-CALIfOMIA QUAK The third largeat earthguake to hit the continental Unitae State# thia century, on October 17th, leee, meaeurlng 7.i ©n the Richter ecale. Hany dead, injur ed and homeleae. In Santa Cruz County, 40 mllca eouth of San Francieco. 5V2 homea were deetroyed, 2047 muffered heavy damage and 7210 minor dam age. 44 6 mobile homee were des troyed or received major damage. 10.000 people were homeleee, with 3.000 of them remaining homeleee two morthe after the guake. The guake wae centered at Santa Cruz and tha damage area extended from the Oakland/San Francieco area, on the north end, to the Robtieter/Salinee area, on the eouth. The guake lasted 15 aeconde. The Santa Cruz area exper ienced mlidee, damaged bridges, closed roads and loea of power and telephone#. Hany radio communication# circuile failed. One Santa Cruz tioepital re- guired evacuation of patients to otlier hoapitale, due to structur al damage. The hame coordinated ambulances and helicopters. Since the helicopters did not have radio contact directly with the hoepltala aaateur radio wae used to relay the landing mitee. llama alec reported gae leaks, broken water and aewer line#. Some ware aeelgned to aearch-and- reacue teama to help trapped vic- tima in collapsed buildings. Of the 370 amateur radio volunteers about half of them were assigned ports, welfare Ingulriee and other information wae handled for government and non-government re lief agencies and for diploaatic miceione located in Washington. D.C. Mas# in Trinidad. St. Lucia. of Emergency Preparedness, the Red Cross, Rational Weather Ser vice, hospitals. Rational Guard and the local police stations (whsn power and phones were down). The Oakland/San Francisco arts suffered leee damage than Santa Cruz but it had the greatest loss of life when the one mile stretch of the Himitz Freeway collapsed on care using the lower leval. Part of tlie 1-00 Bay Bridge also collapsed. Twenty-two of Oak-With aoaa atatione and anten- Dominica. St. -Vincent and other nae deatroyed, and with the high ]and*e largest buildings suffered about 250 million dollars in dam age. Fifty hams aeeiated the many shelters operating in San Fran cieco, with many cosing fros aa far away as Orsgon and Revada to help. locations made contact with manpower drain on local hams, atatsaida hams who passed the volunteer ham operators case to health-and-wolfart meeaagaa to South Carolina from nearby states relatives and frlandt in the U.S. to aaslat. Jn addition to heavy The amateur radio -Hurricane emergency traffic, the hams Vatch** net obtained meteorologi- handled ccmmunlcation# coordlna- cal reports froc haae In the path ting the distribution of food, of the etora. including one ha# water, clothing and other eaeen- whose boat anemometer waa reading tial itess 120 MPH winds. Theas reporta ------------------ wore passed rsculerly to the Rat ional Hurricane Center, In Hlaai. Florida. The Acerlcan Radio Relay League headquarters station. VIAV. In NruJneten. Connecticut, provided 5panlsh-Bpcaklnq hane lo Prepared by V7JGM. fro# In formation condensed from the acre detailed reports which appear monthly. In the ‘Tubllc Service** columns of QST macailne, which Is published by the Araerlcan Radio Relay League./