DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVES

摘要

Given the recent events in Japan, I was reminded of my youth working with civil defense in southern Louisiana. In addition to official communications, our group installed a 2M repeater system for local amateur operators. There was regular training on the use of Geiger counters and decontamination procedures, how to keep the diesel generators operating, as well as basic first aid. Fortunately, we never had to use the radiation monitoring equipment or consume any of the Army rations, but we did use the communications and first aid training on numerous occasions. It seemed that every other summer there was a major hurricane to contend with, including the flooding and manning of shelters.