Katrina Deployment in Gruber @RedCrossOK #hamrdio #ARRL

During the Hurricane Katrina event, Camp Gruber was the site of the Oklahoma reception center for guests from Houston and New Orleans.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol and American Red Cross
are joined by Salvation Army, National Guard and a host
of other emergency management personnel at the Gruber
Emergency Operations Center

Amateur Radio and the Military Auxiliary Radio System played  part in the emergency.  Supporting communications to the Red Cross office in Tulsa, the linked system from the Camp was utilized for days.  

The Military Auxiliary Radio System tested a crossband link from the mobile unit in the parking lot on HF to VHF handhelds in the field.  It worked flawlessly.

The American Red Cross supplied services for the large number of persons coming to Oklahoma and moving out to other communities across the Nation.  It was a eye-opening experience and a motivator for learning the Incident Command Structure of the National Incident Management System.

Some of the Oklahoma Disaster Medical Assistance Team
deployed to New Orleans.  Please don't mention this
because FEMA was supposedly missing in action.

Are you using APRS in your Skywarn program?