[WARC] Winona Daily News story: Southeastern Minnesota shares lessons from the flood

[Steve]

Thought this would be interesting to pass along to the group, a story in =

today's WDN

 From the story:
>
> Not so successful among the various counties was communication. =

> Without power, phone lines or sufficient two-way radio channels, local =

> officials had to rely on ham radio operators to relay information.
>
> =93The ham radio was vital,=94 said Fillmore County Emergency Manager Deb =

> Teske, who worked out of Rushford, Minn., perhaps the hardest-hit =

> community in the flooding. =93There wasn=92t any other communication in t=
own.=94
>
Read the complete story at: =

http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2007/10/31/news/05flood1031.prt

Lets keep our current focus on the infrastructure discussion going.

Thanks,
Steve

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