{"id":2511,"date":"2008-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.iaru-r2.org\/hurricane-gustav\/"},"modified":"2008-09-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T22:00:00","slug":"hurricane-gustav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/hurricane-gustav\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Gustav"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elpais.com\/recorte\/20050921elpepuint_4\/XLCO\/Ies\/ojo_huracan.jpg\" alt=\"Hurricane\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/p>\n<p>For Arnie Coro <span class=\"caps\">CO2KK<\/span>, Hurricane \u201cGustav\u201d reminds him of one\u2026 of the hurricanes that passed through Havana en 1944.\u2026The tornado winds were measured up to 320 kilometers per hour.\u2026 according to professional storm watchers, an evaluation of the damages indicates that they must have reached 400 kilometers per hour.\u2026. Since we were making many advance preparations here, evacuations were made in time and the people sought refuge in strong store shelters; <span class=\"caps\">THERE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">WAS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">NO<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">LOSS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">OF<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">LIFE<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">AND<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ONLY<\/span> 19 <span class=\"caps\">INJURED<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">SLIGHTLY<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">WHO<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ARE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">NOW<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">BACK<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">IN<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">THEIR<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">HOMES<\/span>.\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>.\u2026.The information&nbsp;received from the President of the \u201cRadio Club Municipal\u201d of Especial Isla de la Juventud, which was severely damaged by Hurricane <span class=\"caps\">GUSTAV<\/span>, and suffered the downing of all the transmission towers for radio, <span class=\"caps\">TV<\/span>, and telecommunications.\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>.\u2026Ham Radio stations were set up in all the vital places, such as the Control Center of Civil Defense Against Catastrophes, the Hospital, Fire Station, and wherever else it was considered necessary to count on this alternate jeans of communication, which for the second time in history, not only were used radio\/telephones, but also means of digital transmission.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026I had great success with the L&nbsp;style inclined antenna, which needs no coaxial cable and had to transmit clearly on the 40 meter band, permitting me to link up with the 2\u2011meter repeater of the city of Havana (to which our colleagues had access who are in the Eastern part of Pinar del R\u00edo, the most severely affected area on the Island of Cuba.)&nbsp;Thus we were able to make contact with our colleague Pedro Alem\u00e1n <span class=\"caps\">CO1HA<\/span> of the Control Center of Civil Defense Against Catastrophes in Pinar del&nbsp;R\u00edo\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026In Pinar del R\u00edo alone, there were more than 80,000 homes affected by the hurricane, and the systems of land communication had been severely damaged.&nbsp;Thus, the communication by means of ham radio operators was needed, especially portable stations to reach many&nbsp;areas\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Arnie Coro <span class=\"caps\">CO2KK<\/span>, Hurricane \u201cGustav\u201d reminds him of one\u2026 of the hurricanes that passed through Havana en 1944.\u2026The tornado winds were measured up to 320 kilometers per hour.\u2026 according to professional storm watchers, an evaluation of the damages indicates that they must have reached 400 kilometers per hour.\u2026. 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