[450] BA's or Toxic Floods

wolfwerx at toast.net wolfwerx at toast.net
Sun Sep 18 10:32:32 EDT 2011 

	Hey Jay!

	Many condolences and sympathies from 
soggy south central PA! The next storm, and 
resulting floods made a similar mess here. 
Fortunately, no serious injuries. Dryer, furnace, 
assorted power tools, trees, land, & things yet 
uncounted got destroyed, badly damaged, or swept 
away here. I also personally experienced how 
toxic flood waters are. Cheep disposable Tyvek® 
Haz-Mat suits, high rubber boots, long rubber 
gloves, face masks, etc. have been recommended by 
local officials & emergency workers for personal 
use during clean-up. Bleach later... Wee. Good 
luck & rapid success to you, your neighbors', & 
the rest our continuing East Coast recovery 
efforts!!
     
	~ Noël ~


At 3:53 PM -0400 9/17/11, WRIP-FM Studio wrote:
>¤
>Thanks Rich.  I have no water yet or heat (next 
>week) but when I get the chance to hose them 
>down, that sounds like a good first move, anyway.
>
>Be well.
>
>Jay
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:t41 at optonline.net>Rich
>To: <mailto:450 at lists.vhfwiki.com>144.450 Mailing List
>Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 3:49 PM
>Subject: Re: [450] BA's
>
>Hey Big Guy, sorry about your misfortune. Glad you are OK though.
>
>if you have somewhere to keep them, my advice 
>would be to wash them off with clean water and 
>let them dry out. Then you could haul them up to 
>Nearfest and sell them for parts. You won't get 
>much but at least they wont go in a landfill.
>
>Again, sorry to see all the damage up there in your neck of the woods.
>
>Let me know if you need a hand.
>
>
>Rich
>
>
>
>From: <mailto:wrip at mhcable.com>WRIP-FM Studio
>Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 3:39 PM
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>Subject: [450] BA's
>
>Hi Folks:
>
>Three weeks ago tomorrow,  my area of the 
>Northern Catskills, a mountain valley about 35 
>miles west of the New York State Thruway and 50 
>miles southwest of Albany, was hit by the heavy 
>rains and winds of Tropical Storm Irene. 
>
>Some 14 inches of rain fell inside of ten hours 
>during the early morning hours of Sunday, August 
>28th.  The storm surge overwhelmed spillways, 
>culverts and the single creek that feeds the New 
>York City Watershed system.  The single 
>waterway, known as the Batavia Kill, runs 
>through five mountaintop towns and hamlets, 
>Including Windham and Prattsville - two of the 
>hardest hit areas situated along the Batavia. 
>
>Through the early morning of August 28th, 
>incredible amounts of runoff and debris quickly 
>filled the creek bed.  The water kept coming, 
>and by 8am we had a quarter mile-wide four to 
>eight foot river that engulfed homes and 
>businesses along its path.  Two homes collapsed 
>and washed into the creek.  More than 70 
>trailers were washed away. One woman was killed 
>when her trailer split in two and she was pinned 
>against a tree with 70mph waters and debris.
>
>Propane tanks, lumber, cars and even 
>construction equipment were swept away in a 
>matter of minutes.  That's how fast this water 
>rose.
>
>I'll never take flash flood warnings lightly again..
>
>My apartment is above a three car garage on the 
>banks of the Batavia Kill in Windham.  Had I not 
>left late Saturday night for the radio station 
>with a suitcase of clothes, my meds and a few 
>necessities,  I would have been stranded inmy 
>apt until Monday morning.
>
>I'm writing here because I am sorry to report 
>all of my boatanchor transmitters and receivers 
>were inundated by the floodwaters and silt for 
>over four to five hours.  They were all sitting 
>on a pallet in my garage. I had no renter's 
>insurance or flood insurance.
>
>FEMA's inspector took pictures and an inventory, 
>but informed me that the agency has "one price" 
>for radios when it comes to renumeration for 
>loss, so there might as well have been clock 
>radios on that pallet.
>
>So - before sending these rigs to the junk pile, 
>I will offer them to anyone in this group who 
>feels they might find a home with someone who 
>might even be able to restore them, for 
>themselves or pay it forward to a ham or JN in 
>need.
>
>Some of the gear includes a National NC-300 
>receiver, A Johnson Viking Valiant, a TRL Globe 
>Scout TX (cherry before the flood), two Johnson 
>Rangers (one in need of a TX/wafer switch, the 
>other a parts rig, a Heathkit Apache Rx, and a 
>Hammaulund SP-600 JX-17 (military) that had been 
>completely re-capped by the OM up in Pomfret 
>Center CT years back (Antique Restoration). 
>Most were in boxes and overwrapped but I have 
>not moved anything or inspected anything since 
>the waters engulfed everything.
>
>One caveat is that the silt left behind on and 
>in theis gear is not something you want to 
>handle with bare hands.  I moved a couple of 
>items with my bare hands for the FEMA inspector 
>and my hands burned and itched for two days.
>
>So - discuss among yourselves if you want to 
>decide who gets what or who will be a 
>responsible party to at least give these rigs 
>some attention before deternining their fate. 
>I go back with Tom (Pipe), Bob UJS and Rich for 
>some years and despite only having limited 2M 
>simplex QSO's from my fav spot over in Westerlo 
>with the loop stack, I know we have a great 
>group of hams here.
>
>Gotta scoot - that's the latest from the Mountaintop.
>
>
>Jay
>N1UJT
>
>
>
>
>Jay Fink
>Vice President & General Manager
>WRIP-FM 97.9 & 97.5
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