{"id":28509,"date":"2017-09-26T08:54:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T12:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28509"},"modified":"2017-09-26T08:54:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T12:54:07","slug":"puerto-rico-hurricane-relief-arrl-asks-for-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/puerto-rico-hurricane-relief-arrl-asks-for-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief: ARRL asks for volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Source: Screen shot from CNN<\/p><\/div>\n

This morning, I received a message from a friend. Knowing that I’m an amateur radio operator, she asked if I could contact someone in Puerto Rico and verify that her friends’ family are safe–no one has heard from them since Hurricane Maria hit the island.<\/p>\n

The situation in Puerto Rico (and many other islands in the path of Maria) is bleak. CNN describes the devastation as “apocalyptic.”<\/a><\/p>\n

At the moment, amateur radio is one of the only ways communications are being established on the island. The ARRL has taken the unprecedented move to ask operators to volunteer for the relief effort on behalf of the American Red Cross. \u00a0Here is the ARRL press release:<\/p>\n

(Source: ARRL News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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American Red Cross Asks ARRL\u2019s Assistance with Puerto Rico Relief Effort<\/h2>\n

The American Red Cross (ARC) has asked the ARRL for assistance with relief efforts in Puerto Rico. ARC needs up to 50 radio amateurs who can help record, enter, and submit disaster-survivor information into the ARC Safe and Well system. In the nearly 75-year relationship between ARRL and ARC, this is the first time such a request for assistance on this scale has been made. ARRL now is looking for radio amateurs who can step up and volunteer to help our friends in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

Requirements<\/b><\/p>\n