Thank you Harold and Dennis for the 'heads-up'. One question, though....why not send to the SEC's in the affected areas and copy the SM's? In my mind the SEC's are the ones who are most involved with Emergency Communications for their Sections. The SEC's are the ones with the plans in place, at least that's how I see it here in NNJ. Joyce KA2ANF -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:24 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD Subject: [arrl-odv:18051] Tropical Storm Danny Importance: High FYI This went to SMs that are listed below. Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur RadioT 860 594 0220 hkramer@arrl.org From: Dura,Dennis, K2DCD Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:08 PM To: Woodhead, William (SM, ME); Shuman,Al, (SM,NH); Michael P. Neilsen, W1MPN, EMA SM (Elect); Emco,Ed (SM,WMA); Beaudet,Robert(SMRI); Gayet, Paul SM VT; Doane, Betsey, K1EIC (SM, CT); Lisenco, Mike (SM,NLI); Cecere, Pete SM ENY; Richard Krohn; George Strayline; Filipkowski, Frank ( SM, DE); Cross, Jim, (SM, MDC); Clements, Carl (SM,VA); Slay, Tim, (SM,NC) Cc: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; Patton, David NN1N; Ewald, Steve, WV1X Subject: Tropical Storm Danny Importance: High Section Managers: With the formation this morning of Tropical Storm Danny, which is forecast to become a Hurricane, many of you could be impacted by this coming weekend. While this storm is not expected to strengthen beyond possibly a Category 2 at this time, depending on the track-consequences, it could be severe in some areas. Rainfall may be the greatest impact from this event. In addition to the preparedness steps each of your Sections will be taking, we also wanted to advise you of Headquarters steps that are in process. I have begun to participate in the NWS Conference calls of Forecast Offices and coordination with the various federal level and NVOAD groups that would have a role in the response. Specifically for each of your Sections, our expectation is that local responses will follow existing plans. In order for ARRL HQ to support any response, an Incident Management Team will be assembled here to coordinate any multi-Section/regional efforts. Section Managers and the Section Emergency Coordinators would be concentrating on the in-section efforts, while resource requests, support from unaffected sections and coordination with served agencies at the national and federal level would be handled by the IMT. I will lead the IMT along with specific HQ staff who will be assigned to handle Logistics, Media and Public Relations, Administration, Interference and others as the missions dictate. Additionally, if needed, we can use/activate W1AW for communications purposes. To coordinate these activities, if necessary, we will hold conference calls with those Sections that are impacted by the Storm. At this point, we are not planning any calls or coordination efforts beyond those described above. This will change as the track of Danny becomes better defined. We do ask that if any Section is elevating its readiness status, to report this and the steps taken me at k2dcd@arrl.org Ongoing updates will help us with developing the situation awareness we need to react to any requests. Please look for further direct messages from me and other HQ staffers as the situation develops. Thank you for your ongoing support, cooperation and for the your work and the work of all the volunteers. 73 Dennis Dennis C. Dura, CBRM K2DCD, NCS310 Manager, Emergency Preparedness & Response ARRL - The national association for Amateur RadioT