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Policy · Updated 16 Oct, 11:36 pm IST

Florida amateur radio operators supported communications during Hurricane Isaias

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Why it matters for readers: Explains how volunteers help keep people connected when usual networks fail during storms.

  • Volunteer amateur radio operators staffed the Emergency Operations Center and an evacuation shelter in Santa Rosa County, providing a communications link between the shelter and the EOC.1
  • Operators across Florida (including Nassau, Lake, Pinellas, and Leon counties) supported auxiliary communications to maintain contact with the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee.1
  • The volunteers aimed to ensure critical communication capabilities remained available throughout the storm and to provide backup if traditional systems were disrupted.1
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