Chris Sokol
EF5
ARRL has put out a call for amateur radio operators to sign up for possible deployment.
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/08/31/101/?nc=1
Reimer is encouraging trained volunteers \"qualified and willing to travel into the area\" to register. Initial volunteers chosen for duty will be drawn from those available within Louisiana and Mississippi, followed by volunteers from adjacent sections.
He notes that hotel or motel accommodations are unlikely to be available for volunteers traveling into the storm-stricken states and \"any accommodations that are available are likely to be primitive and makeshift.\" Water suitable for drinking or bathing also is expected to be scarce.
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/08/31/101/?nc=1