Thanks to my friend Arline I found this.
Solar storm shuts down Swedish air space
The storm knocked out air traffic control systems prompting officials to shut down airspace for an hour
Earlier I wrote about a about the US MIL and CMEs and the “exercise” coming up so this is a perfect follow up,less than 48 hours later ……..
I ran across this sight with some interesting insights on earthquakes, swarms and volcanos. He has some comments on cracking that I don’t know enough about to have an opinion on the comments so YMMV.
Since I will be living in Seattle for 2 week per month for work, it has peaked my interest from a emergency preparedness standpoint
Scroll down the page and watch the video. Let me know what you think
edit:corrected the link
This lady does a great job of explaing space weather. Check out her youtube channel
She is not just another pretty face, she is a PhD and works with NASA
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCkXjdDQ-db0xz8f4PKgKsag
Tamitha Mulligan Skov is a Research Scientist at The Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles, California. She holds a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Physical Chemistry from UCLA. She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. intGeophysics and Planetary Physics from UCLA in 2000 and 2002, respectively.
Dr. Mulligan Skov works actively in the fields of solar and space physics, focusing on solar transient phenomena such as coronal mass ejections, solar flares, solar energetic energetic particles, and galactic cosmic rays, and the subsequent effects these phenomena have on the Earth’s magnetosphere and radiation belts.
She is an instructor at the Aerospace Institute and serves on multiple review and anomaly teams for NASA, NOAA, and other government and pivate contractors. She also serves as an audio forensics analyst and instructor for the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC), hosted at Aerospace and funded by the Department of Justice.
I have produced a new video about programming the Yaesu FT60 HT using the RT Systems software with repeater data from the www.K5EHX.net repeater database website.
K5EHX has very cool feature where you can check the repeater coverage over local terrain. Here is a view of Mount Ord Arizona. Ord is over 7000 feet tall and using the coverage feature on k5ehx you can paint the terrain to see where you will have coverage. If your location is “painted” like in the Ord photo below you will have coverage.
Take a look at the video below and let me know what you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxR83JofEws
Guest Article by TempStar
We all enter into Amateur Radio for various reasons.
My reasons were two-fold:
1.To augment my preparedness for situations that may render Amateur Radio the only means of communication available
2.To give a little back to the community by assisting with Emergency Communications as needed.
The first was easy, the latter has taken me on a journey that has led to a few incredible discoveries.
In order to be a communications volunteer to assist your community with the government, and to be taken seriously, one must begin the process of obtaining education about it. The first tier is usually ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) and progresses in steps all the way to the Federal level. And yes, FEMA and Homeland security use Amateur Radio operators.
The first steps into the learning process would be taking the free FEMA Incident Command System online courses, starting with the basic four that most agencies require, ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-700, and ICS-800. You can find the links to these courses here https://training.fema.gov/is/nims.aspx
These courses will guide structure, layout and lingo that the Federal Government takes when Emergency Management is called into action. They are completed online and a nice certificate of completion is emailed to you upon successfully passing the online test.
If you wish to move up the ladder, you’ll have to locate where the ICS-300 and ICS-400 are being taught, as they are classroom only versions that will be required to work in the actual Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
After all of this, I promise you’ll be a cool headed operator in the face of mass confusion, but wait, there’s more! You can also obtain AUXCOMM certification from the Department of Homeland Security. This is a two day class taught by DHS instructors. This will give you a lot of beneficial skills and knowledge required to operate Amateur Radio in any disaster. And so far, your total investment in a wealth of knowledge is 0 except for your time.
Now back to the FEMA site. Go there and get the course catalog. There is a lot of information there even if you don’t want to pursue Emergency Communications. My favorite was ICS-324, Hurricane Preparedness. Since I live on the South Carolina Coast, this was a great resource that taught me much about prediction cones, surges, and criteria that dictates who gets evacuated and when. I promise there will be something of interest to all.
The main website:
https://www.fema.gov/national-incident-management-system
Course Catalog:
http://training.fema.gov/emicourses/emicatalog.aspx
73!
Tempstar