[SCCC] fire update N6ND
Glenn Rattmann
k6na at cts.com
Tue Oct 30 13:53:40 EST 2007
I reached Rick, N6ND in Ramona by phone Monday. Only way was
ATT/Cingular cellphone-to-cellphone. None of his LL are working, and
his wireless internet connection is also gone. My LL to his
cellphone also did not work, so ATT has some tie-in issues up there too.
The house is ok, but some immediate neighbors lost homes and/or barns
(within 1/8 - 1/4 mile of him). Rick surmises that fire crews were
up there and probably concentrated on saving homes but not
outbuildings. Next-door neighbor Dan, KB5MY, and Lynn evacuated
safely to family somewhere and their place is also ok.
Rick lost his barn, chock-full of stuff including a tractor. He said
the tractor now is sitting on it's steel rims, not a trace of rubber left.
He mentioned he had some old Motorola Mitrec (or similar) radios in
there, and all those huge heatsinks just melted down into a puddle.
The Santa Ana winds broke the outer section of his 40m boom, and so
the reflector ended up in the road, far from the house.
Regards to all,
Glenn K6NA
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