VoIP Hurricane Net Situation Report #11: Hurricane Ike Activation Secured

Hello to all….

At 2 PM EDT/1 PM CDT, Ike has weakened to a Tropical Storm and WX4NHC has secured their activation so the VoIP Hurricane Net has secured its formal operation. KI4KXC-Paul will monitor the network informally until 4 PM EDT/3 PM CDT and then the net will be secured. The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net normally Saturday Evenings at 8 PM EDT/7 PM CDT will remain cancelled to allow any local/regional stations to use the *WX-TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system as needed.

Hurricane Ike dealt significant damage and storm surge to the Houston/Galveston, Texas area. A local/regional SKYWARN Net was active on IRLP reflector 9455 with WX5HGX, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston, Texas running the net and liaison was established between that net and the VoIP Hurricane Net.

Several damage and measured wind reports were forwarded from that net including a measured wind gust of 92 MPH from KE5RON-Ron at the Brazoria County EOC in Freeport, Texas from a chemical plant located in that area and many reports of widespread power outages and tree and power line damage with roof shingle damage in the Houston and Sugar Land area. Local media reported 4 Million people without power in the Houston, Texas area with many windows blown out of skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas. Storm Surge was significant in the Galveston, Texas area from media reports and one delayed relayed report from a Ham who had contact with another Ham Operator on Galveston Island.

A measured wind gust of 84 MPH was reported by K5JEP-Joe in Jasper Texas to the VoIP Hurricane Net with significant tree damage. Other damage reports were received from stations in the affected area and relays into the affected area from Joe-K5JEP and John-KD5YOU among several other stations. The National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters, which is co-located with the National Weather Service in Dallas/Fort Worth Texas, was active on the VoIP Hurricane Net under call-sign WX5FWD. Reports from the VoIP Net were relayed to Southern Region HQ and reports Southern Region received were relayed to our net.

For a complete list of reports handled by the VoIP Hurricane Net, you can go to the VoIPWXNet web site at http://www.voipwx.net and click the report viewer off the Main Menu of the web site. You can also follow the direct link listed below:

VoIP Hurricane Net Report Viewer

In the Altantic Tropics, there are two areas of disturbed weather, one associated with the remnants of Josephine and the other 1100 miles east of Leeward Islands that are being monitored for signs of development. At this time any development of these systems is expected to be slow to occur.

This will be the last situation report issued on the myriad of tropical systems that created impact across the Atlantic Region over the past 2-3 weeks. We appreciate every single reporting station from the affected area and those stations outside the affected area that relayed reports from the affected area to our net. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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Hello to all….

At 2 PM EDT/1 PM CDT, Ike has weakened to a Tropical Storm and WX4NHC has secured their activation so the VoIP Hurricane Net has secured its formal operation. KI4KXC-Paul will monitor the network informally until 4 PM EDT/3 PM CDT and then the net will be secured. The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net normally Saturday Evenings at 8 PM EDT/7 PM CDT will remain cancelled to allow any local/regional stations to use the *WX-TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system as needed.

Hurricane Ike dealt significant damage and storm surge to the Houston/Galveston, Texas area. A local/regional SKYWARN Net was active on IRLP reflector 9455 with WX5HGX, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston, Texas running the net and liaison was established between that net and the VoIP Hurricane Net.

Several damage and measured wind reports were forwarded from that net including a measured wind gust of 92 MPH from KE5RON-Ron at the Brazoria County EOC in Freeport, Texas from a chemical plant located in that area and many reports of widespread power outages and tree and power line damage with roof shingle damage in the Houston and Sugar Land area. Local media reported 4 Million people without power in the Houston, Texas area with many windows blown out of skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas. Storm Surge was significant in the Galveston, Texas area from media reports and one delayed relayed report from a Ham who had contact with another Ham Operator on Galveston Island.

A measured wind gust of 84 MPH was reported by K5JEP-Joe in Jasper Texas to the VoIP Hurricane Net with significant tree damage. Other damage reports were received from stations in the affected area and relays into the affected area from Joe-K5JEP and John-KD5YOU among several other stations. The National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters, which is co-located with the National Weather Service in Dallas/Fort Worth Texas, was active on the VoIP Hurricane Net under call-sign WX5FWD. Reports from the VoIP Net were relayed to Southern Region HQ and reports Southern Region received were relayed to our net.

For a complete list of reports handled by the VoIP Hurricane Net, you can go to the VoIPWXNet web site at http://www.voipwx.net and click the report viewer off the Main Menu of the web site. You can also follow the direct link listed below:

VoIP Hurricane Net Report Viewer

In the Altantic Tropics, there are two areas of disturbed weather, one associated with the remnants of Josephine and the other 1100 miles east of Leeward Islands that are being monitored for signs of development. At this time any development of these systems is expected to be slow to occur.

This will be the last situation report issued on the myriad of tropical systems that created impact across the Atlantic Region over the past 2-3 weeks. We appreciate every single reporting station from the affected area and those stations outside the affected area that relayed reports from the affected area to our net. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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