A newspaper hit for ham radio was sent to me by KI5XP from Lafayette, LA this afternoon.  This a good example of what went on immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.  This maybe something we may want to know.
 
73,
Henry R. Leggette, WD4Q
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Morrison
To: wd4q@arrl.org
Cc: k5mc@arrl.org ; w1agp@arrl.org
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:08 PM
Subject: Newspaper hit for Ham Radio

This is a shortened copy of an article in the Baton Rouge paper, The Advocate on Saturday, March 25, 2006.

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/theadvocate/access/1010016041.html?dids=1010016041:1010016041&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+25%2C+2006&author=DEBRA+LEMOINE&pub=Advocate&edition=&startpage=3&desc=Summit+suggests+tools+needed+for+emergencies

This link may or may not come through in the email, if it doesn’t allow you to click the message in the link, copy and paste each individual line after the end of the previous one and it will bring up the article.  If not, http://www.theadvocate.com and find the Archive link, then do a search on "Summit" it was the first one shown from the archive.

Charlie
KI5XP
Lafayette, La.