Sundays events and Norberts/Odiles wrap up

Happy Sunday….Today is the middle of the Canadian Thanksgiving Long Weekend….

Yesterday saw me head over to the local Walmart and pick up 20 litres of Plumbing Antifreeze in anticipation for today’s trip to Cornwall to finish the winterizing of the trailer…

Yesterday also saw our Thanksgiving dinner as Erika has to work Sunday and Monday evening so Saturday was the only day we ALL could agree on for free time…  Tasty but….  I have a feeling I will be (or should) spending more time walking the neighborhood as I think I put on about 5 lbs that I should be dropping instead…This year I seemed NOT to drop the weight like I usually do in the summer so I am dreading this winter already…  Normally I turn into a couch potato in the winter and put the weight back on I lost all summer….This year this could be a “weighty” problem…

Sunday morning found me in the shack checking in to the ONTARS Net on 3.755 with Norm VE3NLH who lives in Engelhart Ontario.  I hope to do the regular check in to the North Bay Net at 0900 and between 9 and 10 leave for Cornwall with Liz…If I can keep on time then I will be checking in to the 80m Porthole Net which starts at 10am as VA3QV/m and  see how long I can keep the propagation for…

There will be some 40m and 80m mobile stuff done on the way back along with 2m FM but not sure what frequencies or repeaters will be used….Depends on where I hear the activity….

Hurricane Norbert arrived and was a “NON EVENT” as far as monitoring Radio Frequencies went.  I did hear some traffic on the Hurricane Watch Net frequency of 14.325 but the signals were weak and hard to copy.  The VOIP Hurricane Net  was active on ECHOLINK/IRLP linked system but it seems there were not many station in the effected area that had VOIP Amateur communications.  They did have some relayed information in from some 40M Nets in the area but….   I think this proves the system works but you have to have stations inputing Data to the net for it to work well…  Both groups did a good job…  It just would of been easier to listen to if they had more stations contributing….  This begs for us to ask the question “If an emergency happens where no one is around to report it…Is it an emergency?”…   This one is kinda like the “If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it…Did it make a sound???

The Graphics on Norbert are here…

Tropical Storm Odile has given the Mexican Coast some winds and storms but now shows it heading out to Sea…This will shortly end the warning should be dropped…

The Graphics on Odile are here…

Thats about it for now…I will post on the rest of the days events after Liz and I get back from Cornwall….

73bob

Norbert first, then Odile

Well if you follow the small amount of coverage being given….Hurricane Norbert  will be arriving over the BAJA on Saturday and then after making landfall will be downgraded to a tropical storm and heading north east on a general heading towards EL PASO TEXAS.  Now to be shamefully honest my knowledge of Mexican Geography is not the best… But if the size of the dots on the Google Map means anthing there are a couple of larger centers that could be in the path of Norbert after it arrives on Mexican soil…  I hope the people are prepared….

Then comes Odile…

Right now Odile can’t seem to decide where it wants to go as the projections show it running northbound along the coast…  By the middle of next week it should be passing by the BAJA Peninsula who already got hit with Norbert earlier….Then where will it go….  The projections turn into “Best Guess” after that… 

Now its way to early go start forcasting so lets just go with what limited data we have…  Right now Odile is heading Northbound along the coast (Northwest)…  If it continues Northwest then the California Coast is going to get wet… If it takes a jog to the NORTH or the NORTHEAST… Then there is a chance it will become news…

PLEASE REMEMBER I AM NOT A WEATHER FORCASTER AND THAT ALL I AM DOING IS GIVING YOU SOME BASIC UN SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND INFORMATION SO YOU CAN DO FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC SO YOU CAN DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS.  LIKE I SAID EARLIER THIS IS MOSTLY “BEST GUESS”.  DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND MAKE YOUR PLANS ACCORDINGLY!!! 

At this time I have no information on Emergency Frequencies or requests for clear frequencies in advance of either hurricane….  I know that from Ottawa I have no problems hearing spanish speaking stations (as I don’t speak spanish I’m not sure where they are from) on the lower end of 40m (7.040 and up) and in mixed areas on 20m for most of the daytime hours… Its a good place to start listening…

73bob

Norbert and Odile are coming…

But so far this Blog seems to be one of the only places you will find mention of them…

These two HURRICANES are currently in the Eastern Pacific with Norbert expected to make landfall over the BAJA Peninsula on Saturday morning and Odile heading north towards the Baja with no landfall predicted yet.

There is no point making my normal comments about news…You could go back and read my post from October 8th if you like…

I’m just wondering when it will become news…

Still no word on frequency allocations from any of the Amateur Organisations…

The first (Norbert) will make landfall on Saturday…Today’s Thursday….Thats only two days away!!

73bob