Jack Painter wrote:

"dxAce" wrote

** U S A. WYFR is missing again Sat morning Sept 25, checked
around 1500,
unfound on any scheduled frequencies. I guess the winds have
reached 30 mph
already in Okeechobee; surely the power has not gone out yet
due
to Jeanne.

Steve, 30mph is only a notch or two below where power losses necome frequent
from oncoming hurricanes. Unlike gales that can gust between 60-90mph, the
steady, consistent onslaught of tropical storm force winds does a lot of
damage that the wind speed alone would not appear to have the energy to
cause. But mot radio stations can operate on emergency power for awhile, if
they want to anyway. That station would be smart to have packed up and left
by now, or else plan on camping there for several days ;-)

Please note that those are *not* my comments...

Actually the 30 MPH figure he is speaking of comes from an earlier comment from
WYFR personnel.

dxAce