Saturday, July 26, 2008

LVH Emergency NET SUNDAY

7:00 Pm SHARP! SUNDAY!

Sunday evening... It's net time... If you have an FRS Radio tune to either
CH6 or CH6.16 (Preferably CH 6.16) and participate in a check of your radio equipment and learn to use your radio with the entire community. Practice now before we have an emergency.... Get on the air with the entire community and check in.

Net control this week is Jeannine Roederer... She will come on the air at 7:00pm sharp and tell you how the net works and why it is necessary... and then she will do a roll call of residents who are registered... At the end she will ask for new members who want to be added to the list for roll call. If you missed calling in she will ask then, for any late or missed and you can check in then.

Participate! It could save your life.

Hear you then... My call is Ron 18.. I'll be listening 4 U

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Information Statement

Information Statement: M 5.4 030 S AMCHITKA, AK. 0029Z JUL 25: Tsunami NOT expected

Balance Problems? Step Into The IShoe

Balance Problems? Step Into The IShoe: "Falls among the elderly are common and can be deadly: In 2005, nearly 300,000 Americans suffered hip fractures after a fall, and an average of 24 percent of hip-fracture patients aged 50 and over die in the year following their fracture, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation."

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Toxic Chemicals Found In Common Scented Laundry Products, Air Fresheners

Toxic Chemicals Found In Common Scented Laundry Products, Air Fresheners: "'Nearly 100 volatile organic compounds were emitted from these six products, and none were listed on any product label. Plus, five of the six products emitted one or more carcinogenic 'hazardous air pollutants,' which are considered by the Environmental Protection Agency to have no safe exposure level,' Steinemann said."

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Information Statement

Information Statement: M 6.8 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN 1526Z JUL 23: Tsunami NOT expected along US west coast,BC,and AK

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

OUTDOORS BRIEFLY NEWS & NOTES: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.

sent in by Wayne Hilll

OUTDOORS BRIEFLY NEWS & NOTES: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.: "Bad year for black bears on the central Oregon coast

State wildlife biologiosts blame human feeding of bears and a poor berry crop for the worst year in memory for bear damage in the Florence-Yachats area. Eight bears had to be killed along the central coast within a single week earlier this month, bringing the year’s total to 15. Six of the bears were public safety risks due to their aggressive behavior — one broke through a kitchen window looking for food and another charged growling and snarling into a backyard toward a homeowner. The other two bears killed tried to break into a pen where a goat had been killed the previous week. All bears killed were seen repeatedly in the daytime and were not wary of people."

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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Devon | Big lobster proves popular catch

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Devon | Big lobster proves popular catch: "A lobster that could be up to 100-years-old has been handed to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth by a local fisherman.

The crew of the fishing boat named the lobster Mad Jack and discovered it weighed in at 12lb 9oz (5.7kg).

It is now set to star in the aquarium's Atlantic Reef exhibition after he finishes a period of quarantine."

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

WHAT HAPPENED ON THE LVH EMERGENCY NET?

At 7:00pm sharp, Sunday... Tom Roederer initiated the first ever Longview Hills Emergency Network... This is something designed to help you folks get comfortable sending and receiving on your radios...

When we have a NET everyone gets to talk to the net control. That means you get to turn on and set your radio and then have a brief conversation with the net control.. As you do that you are learning by doing... The very best way. If you take the time to do this every week... You will get proficient at it... You will be able to do it in an emergency.

Why?

Even the least of emergencies cause foul ups by loss of power, followed by loss of telephones and cell phones... It has happened here briefly and this year in Lincoln City for 3 days... on just a wind storm power failure...

With your little FRS radio you can be in touch with your neighbors without any power, telephones or cellphones... and in touch with the Longview Hills Emergency Response Team who monitor them 24/7.

Did you also know that several on the Emergency Response Team have become HAM (Amature Radio Operators) and are part of Lincoln County Emergency Services. They can just about contact anybody anywhere with their HAM radios. They did that for you! So, with your radio you can rely on in an emergency you have contact folks in the park that can get word out to wherever it has to go...

Hope to hear you on the NET next Sunday at 7pm sharp... Be there!

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"Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them."

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cern lab goes 'colder than space'


BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cern lab goes 'colder than space': "The Large Hadron Collider is entering the final stages of being lowered to a temperature of 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) - colder than deep space.

The LHC has thousands of magnets which will be maintained in this frigid condition using liquid helium.

The magnets are arranged in a ring that runs for 27km through the giant tunnel."

Eye On The Environment: What to do with dog doo? Bag it, trash it : Local News : Ventura County Star

Eye On The Environment: What to do with dog doo? Bag it, trash it : Local News : Ventura County Star: "It could also spread harmful bacteria. So even if you collect doo with a shovel, put it into a bag before throwing it away.

When I discussed the doggy-doo dilemma with Bartok, my dog, he suggested I just fling his doo into my neighbor's yard. You have to understand Bartok's disdain for my neighbor. My neighbor has a cat."

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