Dave,<br><br>Thank you for the update.  I&#39;ve been watching CNN in the office with a certain amount of interest (and concern for those of you on the East coast.) <br><br>Back in my law enforcement days, I had a Sargent that would end the briefing with the reminder to &quot;Stay smart and be safe.  They don&#39;t pay you enough to come home dead.&quot; He&#39;d sometimes add &quot;...and you&#39;d better be dead because if you got hurt doing something stupid, that means there&#39;ll be a lot of paperwork I&#39;ll have to do, and you won&#39;t escape my wrath on that one.&quot;<br>
<br>Stay safe.<br><br>Grant<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Jim Weaver K8JE <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:K8JE@arrl.org">K8JE@arrl.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Dave,</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Tnx for the update.  My best wishes go to everyone for 
safe passage of Emily.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Jim</font></span></div>
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<div align="left"><b><i><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial Black">Jim Weaver, 
K8JE</font></i></b></div>
<div align="left"><i><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Director, Great Lakes 
Division</font></i></div>
<div align="left"><i><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">5065 Bethany 
Rd.</font></i></div>
<div align="left"><i><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Mason, OH 
45040</font></i></div>
<div align="left"><i><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Tel. <a href="tel:513-459-1661" value="+15134591661" target="_blank">513-459-1661</a>; e-mail <a href="mailto:K8JE@arrl.org" target="_blank">K8JE@arrl.org</a></font></i></div>

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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org" target="_blank">arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org</a> 
[mailto:<a href="mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org" target="_blank">arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sumner, Dave, 
K1ZZ<br><b>Sent:</b> 26 August, 2011 4:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> 
arrl-odv<br><b>Subject:</b> [arrl-odv:20184] Irene<br></font><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">While Irene is of interest mainly 
to the Roanoke, Atlantic, Hudson and New England Divisions,</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">I thought you all would want to know that the 
staff is well prepared to protect the HQ facilities and to maintain our ability 
to support the field organization over t</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">he coming weekend. W1AW will be manned around the clock from 
Saturday morning to Monday morning.</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Power outages wil</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">l</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> be the rule 
rather than the exception here in Connecticut because of the prevalence of 
overhead power lines and overhanging trees, but</font></span><span lang="en-us"> 
<font face="Calibri">t</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">he station 
can be powered by our</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">diesel 
generator for as much as a week with the fuel we have on hand</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">while i</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">n the HQ building a backup generator will keep the IT systems 
functioning.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">To those of you who also will be 
riding out the storm, good luck!</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">73,</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Dave K1ZZ</font></span></p>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>73,<br>
Grant Hopper, KB7WSD<br>
Vice Director, Northwestern Division<br>