From: Patrick Jankowiak (recycler@swbell.net)
Date: Mon Sep 05 2005 - 20:06:12 PDT
Ok,
I'm back, the nephew is gone, picked up by his parents, none of them now in
a pleasant mood.
Now as to the facts; after some checking and asking around, there is no
information to indicate that anything like in his post happened, according
to those that were there. The local police simply dealt with a couple of
unruly punks by talking to them, as they are accustomed to doing every day.
Having a green uniform or two nearby helps in such situations by creating
an additional impression on the naughty people. That's about it, in a
nutshell. Just goes to show how the fish gets bigger every time the
fisherman tells the story.
I guess I got sucked into it. Sorry for the confusion. It's kind of
embarrassing for me.
Anyway, things are going very well and I really enjoyed the last four days
on duty operating radio gear. We were hooked up to the several shelters
through linked ham repeaters, ARES, and MARS. One of our operators passed
some real good health and welfare traffic by which we pinpointed the
location of a stranded woman in LA with three handicapped children and
passed the info upchain to recuers. Might have saved some lives there I
hope! I'd like to have duty at a shelter also, but since I am a radio
operator, I pretty much get put at the radios!
I feel sorry for all those people. Now that I am back in Dallas, I found
out from the news that Reunion Arena and the Dallas Convention Center are
really full, with thousands, and Dallas is not accepting any more.
I listened to all the talk shows babbling on about these issues, you would
not beleive some of the nutty opinions and hysterical rumors out there.
It's going to bea long road to recovery.
P.J.
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