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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 8:14pm EDT
During a Sunday evening conference call among ARRL leadership volunteers in the Delta, West Gulf and Southeastern Divisions and several members of the ARRL staff, Mississippi Section Manager Malcolm Keown, W5XX, reported: "We're as ready as we're ever going to be."
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 5:52pm EDT
The National Hurricane Center's Hurricane Watch Net posted this information on August 31:
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 5:07pm EDT
As of 10:00 AM CDT August 30, the Louisiana, Mississippi, South Texas Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) relating to emergency nets has been evoked. The West Gulf emergency net (WGEN) was activated at 6:00 AM CDT on Sunday, August 31. Operating frequencies are:
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 5:02pm EDT
As residents of New Orleans and other coastal communities in Mississippi and Louisiana were evacuating inland, a National Hurricane Center Public Advisory released at 10 AM CDT (1500 UTC) Sunday, August 31 reported that "Gustav continues northwestward over the central Gulf of Mexico with little change in strength." It continued:
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Posted: August 31st, 2008, 4:56pm EDT
Larry Wagoner, N5WLW, Public Information Coordinator, ARRL Mississippi Section, filed this report August 31: