KE8HNK

What would happen if you had to spent the night or several days at work due to a snow storm, or another natural  or man made incident? 

One thing working security is that I can always be mandated to work, some others work in sectors as such too that may require you to stay for more than one shift, do you have comms to keep in touch with your family? Do you have your Go-Bag setup for several days at work? do you have or carry extra supplies in your vehicle? As ham radio operators we often times do emergency preparedness and public service events but do we take the time to plan for our personal lives and our families? I would like to hear from others about the thought of having to stay at work for a few extra shifts to about a week. What would you do? How would you plan? And finally how would you go about establishing contact with family who do not have their ham radio license's?  

Speaking of power failures, this happened about 2 years ago in November. We had a late November thunderstorm and while it wasn't even severe warned or under any weather advisory it was able to produce 70+ Mph wind gusts. A large tree about 1/2 a block from the right of the photo went across the lines snapping several poles off including the one pictured. it took about 3 days for them to get the power restored and 5 days till the fiancé's power was restored. It make you wonder if a small event on a Sunday afternoon   can do this damage what would a major storm could cause. One of the main reasons I began preparing back up comms, and other preparedness items. 

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