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OCEAN TSUNAMI WHILE ON LOCATION IN THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS ARE IN THE HIGHEST
TRADITION OF AMATEUR RADIO.  CHUCK SKOLAUT, K0BOG CIBOLA COUNTY ARES CALLED
TO ACTION JONATHAN PICKENS, KD5PHG KD5PHG ARRL. NET  ON AUGUST 12, 2007, AT
APPROXIMATELY 1750 MST, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM AN EL MORRO RANCHES
NEW MEXICO RESIDENT REQUESTING TO SPEAK WITH MY WIFE, PAM PICKENS.  THE
RESIDENT HAD CHECKED ON AN ELDERLY NEIGHBOR AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEIGHBORS
GRANDDAUGHTER AND HAD FOUND HER SEMI CONSCIOUS ON THE FLOOR OF HER HOME.
THE NEIGHBOR TRIED TO REACH THE AREA AMBULANCE AND EMT SERVICES, BUT
CENTURYTEL LONG DISTANCE SERVICE HAD BEEN DISABLED BY AN ELECTRICAL STORM.
SHORTLY AFTER WE WERE CONTACTED, CENTURYTEL LOCAL PHONE SERVICE ALSO WENT
DOWN.  CELL PHONES HAD BEEN TRIED, BUT 911 WAS YIELDING A CONSTANT BUSY
SIGNAL APPARENTLY DUE TO THE STORM.  KNOWING THAT MY WIFE WAS A FIRST
RESPONDER, THE EL MORRO RANCHES RESIDENT ASKED THAT SHE COME TO THE
RESIDENCE AND ASSESS THE SITUATION AND ADMINISTER THE CARE SHE WAS
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GRAND STRAND ARC W4GS KQ4BH 705 2 22 2,982 SC MIDDLE EAST TN EM RADIO
SERVICE KG4NLF WR4MS 561 2 30 2,106 TN UTAH BOX ELDER THIOKOL RC K7UB 408 2
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