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<h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Radio hams prepare for natural disaster</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Discover Ferndale (WA)<span> </span></em>reports civilian and official radio operators work to stay ready in case of a disaster<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Events happen frequently around the globe that serve as reminders how life as we know it can suddenly change as a result of a catastrophic event. Living in the shadow of an active volcano and near the Cascadia subduction zone has meant many in our community take seriously the advice to be prepared.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Conventional communications systems are vulnerable for any number of reasons ranging from physical damage due to a natural disaster to simply being overwhelmed due too many people attempting to use the systems all at once.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Maintaining preparedness for the potential collapse of conventional communication systems, the Ferndale Auxiliary Communications Service (Ferndale ACS), along with the Ferndale Police Department (FPD) mobile communications van, Whatcom Unified Emergency Services (WUEM) and a number of other ACS organizations ranging from Point Roberts to Sudden Valley hold what they refer to as a “NET” once a week. NET exercises serve to ensure radio channels and equipment expected to be used in the event of a disaster are functional and the operators are familiar with the process. Many of the NET participants are civilian amateur radio operators readying themselves to be available in case of an event that required emergency radio communication support.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the full story at<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.discoverferndale.com/radio-networks-will-takeover-in-event-of-a-disaster_76846/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://www.discoverferndale.com/radio-networks-will-takeover-in-event-of-a-disaster_76846/</a></p>

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