Norbert Activation Dropped to Informal/Weekly Net to Occur Tonight
Hello to all….
At 415 PM EDT/2015 UTC, the VoIP Hurricane Net has dropped to informal monitoring mode for Hurricane Norbert. The VoIP Hurricane Weekly Prep Net will take place as scheduled this evening at 8 PM EDT/7 PM CDT/6 PM MDT/5 PM PDT/0000 UTC.
Norbert made landfall in the Baja California peninsula late Saturday Morning Pacific time. XE2RV-Rafael from Los Mochios Sonora Mexico put us in contact with a station, XE2HUQ-Manuel in Constitucion, Mexico where they had 40-45 MPH Tropical Storm Force winds. XE2WCG-Carlos was also on the net from Tampico, Mexico to assist with translating and relays as necessary. A reporter on the Eastern US Weather Forum from La Paz Mexico posted the following reports which can also be seen in the report viewer of the VoIP Hurricane Net web site where a link is listed off of the Main Menu:
Rodrigo reports 70,000 without power in his community with radio stations out. There is some roof damage and some electrical poles down. 100 Kilometers north of his location within the path, there are no reports of injuries but a lot of damage. More than 100,000 without power in Constitucion and San Carlos and extensive damage in San Carlos and some towns near there. Some wall collapases also reported in that area.
Follow-up report from Rodrigo in the Eastern US Weather Forum. A large ship was grounded ashore in Magdalena, Mexico per local government source. Roof damage and no electricity has been reported in Magdalena, San Carlos, Santa Rita, and Las Pocitas. In Ciudad Constiucion, no “major damage” but the entire city is without power. Major structural damage with some houses destroyed has been reported per a local government source in Alactraz Port and Chale Port. Those towns have been totally evacuated and only emergency personnel are in those areas.
The report viewer link is listed below:
http://report.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records?auth=OK
We thank the Mexican Ham Stations who gave their reports and the poster, Rodrigo, from the Eastern US Weather forum for the information he provided. Any Mexican Stations that are from Western Mainland Mexico are welcome to check into our weekly net this evening and if they have any weather and damage reports, they can be relayed to our net at that time and we will have folks informally monitoring through the evening hours.
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 415 PM EDT/2015 UTC, the VoIP Hurricane Net has dropped to informal monitoring mode for Hurricane Norbert. The VoIP Hurricane Weekly Prep Net will take place as scheduled this evening at 8 PM EDT/7 PM CDT/6 PM MDT/5 PM PDT/0000 UTC.
Norbert made landfall in the Baja California peninsula late Saturday Morning Pacific time. XE2RV-Rafael from Los Mochios Sonora Mexico put us in contact with a station, XE2HUQ-Manuel in Constitucion, Mexico where they had 40-45 MPH Tropical Storm Force winds. XE2WCG-Carlos was also on the net from Tampico, Mexico to assist with translating and relays as necessary. A reporter on the Eastern US Weather Forum from La Paz Mexico posted the following reports which can also be seen in the report viewer of the VoIP Hurricane Net web site where a link is listed off of the Main Menu:
Rodrigo reports 70,000 without power in his community with radio stations out. There is some roof damage and some electrical poles down. 100 Kilometers north of his location within the path, there are no reports of injuries but a lot of damage. More than 100,000 without power in Constitucion and San Carlos and extensive damage in San Carlos and some towns near there. Some wall collapases also reported in that area.
Follow-up report from Rodrigo in the Eastern US Weather Forum. A large ship was grounded ashore in Magdalena, Mexico per local government source. Roof damage and no electricity has been reported in Magdalena, San Carlos, Santa Rita, and Las Pocitas. In Ciudad Constiucion, no “major damage” but the entire city is without power. Major structural damage with some houses destroyed has been reported per a local government source in Alactraz Port and Chale Port. Those towns have been totally evacuated and only emergency personnel are in those areas.
The report viewer link is listed below:
http://report.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records?auth=OK
We thank the Mexican Ham Stations who gave their reports and the poster, Rodrigo, from the Eastern US Weather forum for the information he provided. Any Mexican Stations that are from Western Mainland Mexico are welcome to check into our weekly net this evening and if they have any weather and damage reports, they can be relayed to our net at that time and we will have folks informally monitoring through the evening hours.
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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