Hams help out with EmComm during flooding in ND

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Great article on "InForum" (http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/236446/) about hams helping out with communications.

Some of my favorite quotes from the linked article:
The term “amateur” is not a reflection on the skills of the estimated 6 million people worldwide who take on ham radio as a hobby. Instead, it indicates that amateur radio communications are not allowed to be made for commercial or money-making purposes

“You can inform 20 people at once,” said Tareski, a 67-year-old who also worked the 1997 Red River Valley flood as a ham operator. “With a cell phone, you would have to make 20 calls. You can get the information out much faster.”

And finally:
Adam Moore, captain of the local Salvation Army, said the local ham radio group is so reliable, he doesn’t have to call in the Salvation Army’s national radio team known as SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network).

“They are invaluable to us,” Moore said. “And in the event we lost all communications, we would rely solely on our amateur radio operators.”