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Irene has been retired from the list of Atlantic Basin Storm Names because of the damage and fatalities it caused over Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and from portions of North Carolina all the way through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast and New England states. Irene is the 76th name to be retired from the Atlantic list since 1954 and will be replaced with Irma. Further details can be seen via the link below:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120413_irene.html

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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The National Hurricane Center has announced some product changes for the new year and has reiterated some links of interest. This information is available in a PDF document via the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/20120403_pa_productChanges.pdf

The product changes include:
1.) Minor Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale Modification
2.) Tropical Cyclone Forecast Cone of Uncertainty reduced in size

Other items reiterated was as follows:
1.) Information on the lead times for Tropical Storm and Hurricane Watches and Warnings. These changed in 2010.
2.) Storm Surge Exceedance Products are operational.
3.) Links to the Storm Names Prononuciation Guide
4.) The National Hurricane Center Facebook Page link located at http://www.facebook.com/US.NOAA.NationalHurricaneCenter.gov
5.) NHC is now on Twitter with 2 accounts, one for the Atlantic basin (@nhc_Atlantic) and one for the eastern Pacific @nhc_Pacific)

Additional links and experimental product information was also highlighted. Please check it out via the link above. 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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The VoIP Hurricane Net now has a presence on Facebook and Twitter. The Twitter feed is voipwxnet for those that want to follow us and the facebook web site is as follows:

http://www.facebook.com/voipwxnet

When information is posted via the VoIPWXNet facebook site, it will feed to Twitter as well as we have linked both sites. We hope this will provide another additional means to stay informed on VoIP Hurricane Net activities.

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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A reminder starting with this month’s net, Daylight Savings Time (DST) is now in effect and the VoIP Hurricane Net will be at 8 PM ET/7 PM CT/6 PM MT/5 PM PT/0000 UTC to account for our international partners who may observe different DST rules or may not have DST in their area. We hope you will join us for this evening’s net. There will be no training for this month’s net but there will be several net announcements to include updates from the National Hurricane Conference and the visit to WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center.

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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