(All are welcome to listen and participate - Please forward to as many outlets that you have) TIPStopic 4/08/2008 National Weather Service (NWS) and National Hurricane Center (NHC) == Readiness and SKYWARN involvement == We will be joined by a team of weather experts including: William Babcock, SR Meteorologist NWS-Taunton, MA, Julio Ripoll Architect WD4R, WX4NHC Amateur Radio Asst. Coordinator, Rob Macedo, KD1CY, SEC EMA, Amateur Radio Liason and VoIP Liason for WX_TALK Hurricane nets, Steve Williams, K1SJW DEC- SKYWARN - CT and Roger Jeanfaivre, SKYWARN Coordinator for Hartford-Tolland CT. Bill was our guest with Rob in January and Julio was a guest 2 summers ago. Others on our panel will be regional SKYWARN coordinators to discuss happenings around our country. The main discussion will be the importance of being involved as the local 'local' eyes and ears of the National Weather Service. How you can become a trained weather spotter and report observed weather events. 73, John N1IWT Program & Publicity Manager www.tipsnet.org tipsnet@xxxxxxxxxxx n1iwt@xxxxxxxxxxx k1stm@xxxxxxxxxxx Contact: 860-628-6454 TIPSnet meets every Tuesday at 7:30pm local time (EST) / 0030z on several RF linked repeaters throughout New England and New York State, including the Linked Repeater System of Connecticut. National and International connections are welcome via the New England Gateway – EchoLink Conference *NEW-ENG* (node # 9123) and IRLP Reflector 912, Channel 3 (node # 9123). Live streaming audio is available on the web at http://new-eng.com. ================================================= TIPSdiscussion welcomes messages from members please POST at: tipsdiscussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Our Info Page and Web Portal (the easy way to get to your acct) www.freelists.org/list/tipsdiscussion Subscribe to the list send a blank email with SUBSCRIBE in the subject field: tipsdiscussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Unsubscribe by sending a blank email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject to: tipsdiscussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =================================================