S.A. Weather and Disaster Information Service, South Africa: Weeklikse Hamnet verslag 10 Oktober 2011 / Weekly Report 10 October 2011
Weeklikse Hamnet verslag 10 Oktober 2011 / Weekly Report 10 October 2011
Ek is gevra om die verslag so nou en dan in Afrikaans ook te doen!
Verlede week se uitgawe is skaars gepos toe ons hoor van twee tornado's wat groot skade in beide Ficksburg in die Oos-Vrystaat sowel as op die Oos-Rand naby Nigel aangerig het. 'n video van die Duduza ŉ tornado 'is beskikbaar op "You Tube"!
Hamnet Gauteng Suid het ŉ versoek gerig vir komberse en ander maniere van ondersteuning vir die inwoners wat al hul besittings verloor het in die Duduza-nedersetting. Die vraag ontstaan, is ons in vir 'n moeilike somer met reën, tornado's, en moontlik oorstromings oor die volgende paar maande?
Die data wat ontvang word wanneer 'n insident berig word vanaf die ‘Global Disaster Alert’ groep, is baie nuttig en die waarskuwings stel ons op ŉ paraat grondslag om op te tree sou ons voel daar moet op gereageer word. In die Verre Ooste op Maandag die 3de het ons 3 waarskuwings ontvang oor die oorstromings in Kambodja, China en die Filippyne.
Die verslae is baie insiggewend en kan 'n mens onmiddellik die erns van die situasie bepaal. Ons sal voortgaan om seker te maak dat soos die verslae ontvang word, of ons ŉ verdere kommunikasie netwerk op die been moet bring al dan nie!
Ons het nog 'n paar tropiese storms wat ons aandag geniet. Sikloon Phillippe is nog steeds teenwoordig in die Noord-Atlantiese Oseaan. Tropiese storms Irwin en Jova wat beide in die oostelike deel van die Stille Oseaan geleë is en in die Indiese Oseaan is daar' ŉ depressie aan die ontwikkel oos van die Afrika kus en suid van Indië.
In Suid-Afrika, het die Hamnet Gauteng Suid-groep Maandag hand bygesit om die Rooi Kruis by te staan met die voorbereiding van voedsel vir honderde mense wie dakloos gelaat is na die tornado wat Duduza Sondag getref het.
Net 'n herinnering dat JOTA op die lug sal wees aanstaande Saterdag middag vanaf 14h00-20h00. Die tema hierdie jaar is Nood Kommunikasie. Internasionaal sal alle Scout groepe die stuur ontvangs van noodboodskappe as 'n oefening gebruik om die waarde van amateur radio in noodgevalle uit te beeld. Oorweeg dit asseblief om self op die lug kom Saterdag middag en deel te neem as 'n Hamnet lid.
South African Search & Rescue het ŉ uitnodiging gerig aan alle sub komitee lede om ŉ vergadering by te woon op Donderdag 20 Oktober. Hamnet sal teenwoordig wees.
Weekly Hamnet Report 10 October 2011
Last week’s issue had hardly been posted when we heard that two tornado’s had caused a tremendous amount of damage in both Ficksburg in the Eastern Free State as well as on the East Rand near Nigel. A video of the Duduza ‘twister’ is available on ‘You Tube’!
Hamnet Gauteng South sent out an appeal for blankets and other means of support for the residents who had lost their belongings in the Duduza settlement. The question now arises; are we in for a rough summer with rain, tornados and possibly flooding over the next few months?
The data being received when an incident is reported on from the Global Disaster Alert is proving to be very useful in alerting us to problems around the globe! In the Far East! On Monday the 3rd we had 3 alerts on flooding in Cambodia, China and the Philippines.
The reports are very detailed and informative and one can immediately establish the severity of the situation! We will continue to check when reports are sent to us and if we need to establish any alternative contacts.
We still have a few tropical storms making their presence felt; Hurricane Phillippe is still in the North Atlantic, tropical storms Irwin and Jova are both located the Eastern Pacific off the coast of North America and in the Indian Ocean there is a bit of a depression developing off the East African coast and south of India.
In South Africa, the Hamnet Gauteng South contingent lent a helping hand on Monday to assist the Red Cross in preparing food for hundreds of people left homeless after the tornado that struck Duduza on Monday.
Also a reminder that JOTA will be on air next Saturday afternoon from 2pm to 8pm and the theme this year is Emergency Communication. Internationally, all Scout groups will be sending receiving messages as an exercise to show them the value of amateur radio in emergencies. Please consider coming on air on Saturday afternoon and participating as a Hamnet member.
South African Search & Rescue have sent out an invitation for a Sub Committee meeting to be held on Thursday the 20th of October. Hamnet will be attending.
Reporting for Hamnet, this is Francois Botha – ZS6BUU.
Posted by SAWDIS at 10/09/2011 06:41:00 AM
Labels: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications, HAMNET