ARLA/CLUSTER: K5T - A América continua a relembrar os radioamadores que participaram nas operações de emergência do Furacão Katrina em 2005

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

REMEMBERING THE STORMS OF 2005

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita forever changed the face of Louisiana and
Texas, respectively, when they tore through those states in 2005. As
the devastated Gulf Coast area struggled to recover, hams throughout
the country stepped in to restore the region’s connections with
assistance and concerned family members.

The Southeast Louisiana Amateur Radio Club is commemorating the 10th
anniversary of both storms on Aug. 29 – the day of Katrina’s arrival
on the Mississippi Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana. Single sideband
operation will be on 7.200, 7.250, 14.155 and 14.255Mhz, with CW on
7.050 and 14.050. For QSL cards, send a stamped self-addressed
envelope to the club at Post Office Box 1324, Hammond Louisiana 70404.

Beginning on Aug. 26 and continuing through Sept. 2, an international
memorial event will take place honoring the more than 235 who did not
survive Katrina. Stations along the Mississippi coast will operate
using 1x1 calls that start with the letter “K,” for the storm's name.
A special Thank-You station will also operate, with the call sign K5T,
in appreciation of all volunteers who assisted in the aftermath. In
addition to QSL cards, four certificates will be available. For more
information, visit the website Triple-W-dot-Katrina-5-H-dotcom
(www.katrina5h.com).

By the time it was over, Hurricane Rita became the Gulf’s most intense
tropical cyclone ever and the fourth most intense Atlantic hurricane
recorded. And Katrina had become one of the nation’s five deadliest
hurricanes and the country’s costliest natural disaster.

(SELARC, 599 DX association and Hattiesburg Amateur Radio club)