In article , "charlesb"
writes:

"Len Over 21" wrote in message
...

Apparently "6-land" doesn't exist in the thinking of new englanders.

I'm sure they are like the rest of the country... We all know that
California is there - but we try not to dwell on it too much.

More than one tenth of ALL Americans live in California, dumbass.

It's the most populous state in the Union. Or did you think Tay-hass
seceeded from the Union again?

Most likely, you are not hearing news reports by hams in the west because
they are currently too busy doing something useful.

Such as?

While I can't get much reach outside of NVIS' 300 km radius from
these hills, I didn't hear anything on any HF ham band nets.

They are "doing something useful" just like they did in the 1994
Northridge quake...getting the hell out...MOST LIKELY.

One pattern I've noted
over the years is that reporting of ham involvement in emergencies generally
has a significant time-lag. I'm not saying that this is good or bad; I'm
just saying that that's how it generally goes.

Radio waves propagate at faster than 180 thousand miles per second,
dumbass.

Are all these "emergency workers" getting organized by mean old
telephone landline? Don't they know that "telephones always fail
during emergencies and disasters?" [they are always saying that in
here]

P.S. Is it really true that they call California the "cereal bowl state"
because once you get past all the fruits and nuts, the only thing left are
the flakes?

No. California has a tremendous agribusiness that feeds most of
the western, mountain, and middle western states. Texas couldn't
possibly do near as well...they try with steer and say that their
steer manure is "manna."

Charles ( No Texas jokes, please! ) Brabham, N5PVL

Don't have a cow, dumbass.

LHA