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From : W6HIR @ WA6NWE.#NOCAL.CA.USA
To : RACES @ ALLUS
Msgid : $RACESBUL.169
TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)427-4281
RACESBUL.169 DATE: May 13, 1991
SUBJECT: "Falling Overboard" Part 1/5
by: Lois Clark McCoy, WB6MME
My awareness of emergencies and disaster began at a very early
age. I was born and brought up on an ocean-going 42 foot yawl and
never lived ashore until I was eight years old. During those
years my father taught my sister and me about emergencies and how
to avoid disaster. Emergencies at sea were expected and prepared
for. Disaster was to be avoided at all costs. As he said, "You
only get to fall overboard once."
What's the difference between emergency and disaster? An emer-
gency is when the resources available are inadequate to contain
and recover from an event, but, in time of disaster, the American
citizen volunteers to fill that shortfall in resources. The
American tradition of volunteerism is one of a community's
greatest strengths; the Amateur Radio family has a long history
of disaster and emergency service.
(To be continued)
EOM