{"id":60748,"date":"2024-09-28T08:34:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T12:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=60748"},"modified":"2024-09-28T08:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T12:34:43","slug":"hurricane-helene-an-update-from-swling-post-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/hurricane-helene-an-update-from-swling-post-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Helene: An update from SWLing Post HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Good Morning, Friends,<\/p>\n

As many of you know, the area where I live in western North Carolina was hit hard by catastrophic flooding and high winds, causing significant damage.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m happy to report that my family is safe, and we are incredibly grateful for that. However, like many others, we\u2019ve sustained substantial damage to our property and are currently cut off from town due to numerous downed trees. My efforts over the next week will be focused on clearing the way, so updates here on the SWLing Post will be less frequent. Thank you for your understanding.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like a more detailed update, I\u2019ve posted one on QRPer.com–click here to read it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank you for all of your kind thoughts and supportive messages!<\/p>\n

Best,<\/p>\n

Thomas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good Morning, Friends, As many of you know, the area where I live in western North Carolina was hit hard by catastrophic flooding and high winds, causing significant damage. I\u2019m happy to report that my family is safe, and we are incredibly grateful for that. However, like many others, we\u2019ve sustained substantial damage to our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[755],"class_list":["post-60748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-swling-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fNO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48185,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/channel-292-is-back-on-the-air-following-storm-damage\/","url_meta":{"origin":60748,"position":0},"title":"Channel 292 is back on the air following storm damage","author":"Thomas","date":"March 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor, Ralf Bender, who shares the following update from Channel 292 after recent damage to their antenna farm: Since 0910 UTC this morning we are back on air on all three frequencies; 9670 using the dipole, repair of the beam might last one to two weeks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Channel-292.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Channel-292.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Channel-292.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Channel-292.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48180,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/channel-292-temporarily-off-the-air-due-to-storm-damage\/","url_meta":{"origin":60748,"position":1},"title":"Channel 292 temporarily off the air due to storm damage","author":"Thomas","date":"March 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ralf Bender, who shares the following notice from Channel 292: A heavy storm that hit us Saturday afternoon, caused severe damage to our antennas. 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