Interesting clip from the "Amateur Radio Newsline"
Posted here

Morrain says High Frequency conditions were often deplorable with extensive
interference. He says the Hurricane Watch Net was being relayed locally
through
both EchoLink and IRLP, the Internet Repeater Linking Project, to help
overcome
H-F problem. All along the storms projected path ham radio operators trained
in
emergency communications were in service or on stand-by alert.