[Az-Geocaching] Skywarn ~ and GPS use :-)

[Brian Casteel]

Fzzzzt.  :)

No, I'm not at this point, but definitely have plans on doing so.  If for no 
other reason, I want the ability to communicate with 'someone' when I'm in 
the mountains and well outside cell coverage.  But I have heard that some of 
the Skywarn members around here are HAMs as well.

Brian
Team A.I.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trisha Brasher" <trisha at brasher.com>
To: <listserv at azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 3:00 PM
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Skywarn ~ and GPS use :-)


> It's a great service. Are you a Ham, Brian? In the Kingman area back then 
> (1990's) , all the Skywarn volunteers were Hams. So we could communicate.
> I once was returning to Kingman from Dolan Springs with a big T-storm cell 
> coming in from the NW (a common thing, and the radar out of Las Vegas had 
> bad coverage due to terrain in that area....one reason why Skywarn was so 
> important) I radioed in the info (location, direction, size of hail, 
> lightning danger, etc) and by the time I got home about 25 minutes later 
> just ahead of the storm, the weather alert was scrolling on the TV and 
> they were using my exact words!! It was pretty cool.
> Oh, um, by the way, back then we didn't use a GPS to give the location....
>
> Trisha ~ "Lightning"
> Can anyone now guess where the name came from?
> Prescott Vly
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Casteel" <bcasteel at uccinc.net>
> To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Heat Stroke vs. Heat Hoax
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 01:37:58 -0600
>
>>
>> Heh.  Funny you should mention Skywarn.  I learned about it
>> recently, and will be attending the next training session to become
>> one myself.  :)
>>
>> Brian
>> Team A.I.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trisha Brasher" <trisha at brasher.com>
>> To: <listserv at azgeocaching.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 11:24 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Heat Stroke vs. Heat Hoax
>>
>>
>> > I was IN Bullhead City on that day in June of '90 and we
>> > personally measured 128 F in the parking lot of WalMart. (MY ex
>> > was a helo pilot and I was a Skywarn weather volunteer, so we had
>> > a small portable weather (temp/baro pressure/humidity) unit with
>> > us. Which is why I know that they under-report the actual temp by
>> > a few degrees, as well as differences in where the reading is
>> > taken.
>> > SO, I am relating personal "official" experience.
>> > In other words, I WAS THERE, WITH A THERMOMETER!
>> > Your experience may vary.
>> >
>> > Trisha ~ Lightning
>> > Prescott Vly...
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Roping The Wind" <arizcowboy at hotmail.com>
>> > To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
>> > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Heat Stroke vs. Heat Hoax
>> > Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 05:07:54 -0700
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > From: Guy Aldrich <graldrich at gmail.com>
>> >> > Reply-To: listserv at azgeocaching.com,Guy Aldrich 
>> >> > <graldrich at gmail.com>
>> >> > To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
>> >> > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Heat Stroke vs. Heat Hoax
>> >> > Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 00:09:09 -0700
>> >> >
>> >> > It was actually 128º in BHC!
>> >>
>> >> I am looking at National Weather Service climatic data. Anything
>> >> else is not 'official'.
>> >>
>> >> If Laughlin's tourism site says it was 126 degrees for their record
>> >> high... well then, they sure arent trying to downplay the
>> >> temperatures for tourism!!! (I found the website that says this...
>> >> it is A2Zlasvegas.com or something like that). I also found this:
>> >>
>> >> >> Hottest day in the United States recorded August 11, 1983 at
>> >> >> 2:21 p.m. was 132 F. - recorded in the shade at the Bullhead
>> >> >> City Fire Department.<<
>> >>
>> >> http://www.bullheadcity.com/facts.asp
>> >>
>> >> Neither is Bullhead City, AZ!!! I think Death Valley holds the
>> >> hottest temperature ever recorded in the USA. But I didnt look into
>> >> that. So dont know. But that 132 degrees posted above is definetly
>> >> not official.
>> >>
>> >> Scott
>> >> Team RTW
>> >>
>> >>
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