ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamadores da Florida solicitam auxilio contra o Furacão Irma.

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Hurricane Irma - Florida radio hams requested to help

ARRL West Central Florida Section Manager *Darrell Davis, KT4WX*, reports
that Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) teams have been requested to
provide communication support at evacuation shelters in Highlands,
Hillsborough, and Polk counties

The ARRL reports:

“Other counties in the West Central Florida Section are considering shelter
operations,� Davis said. “Therefore, in support of these activations or
planned activations, West Central Florida Section ARES is going to a Level
2 activation to provide any needed support for these activations, either
current or planned.�

As of 1500 UTC, Hurricane Irma was about 75 miles east-northeast of Puerto
Plata, Dominican Republic, and about 120 miles southeast of Grand Turk
Island. Maximum sustained winds have abated somewhat to 175 MPH. The storms
present movement is west-northwest at 16 MPH.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC), has issued a hurricane watch for the
Florida peninsula from Jupiter Inlet southward and around the peninsula to
Bonita Beach, including the Florida Keys, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida Bay.
A storm surge watch has been issued for the Florida peninsula from Jupiter
Inlet southward and around the peninsula to Bonita Beach, including the
Florida Keys.

Read the full ARRL story at
http://www.arrl.org/news/ares-teams-in-three-west-central-florida-section-counties-ready-to-support-shelters
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