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Fire Update - December 7 8:58am
by Brian Milburn - K6BPM 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Minutes from mornings briefing. About 45 people in attendance Conference call with lots of others Meeting started at 9:01am Lewin starts: Safety briefing Exits/First Aid in kitchen/ AED in hallway Current Situation: Until last night SB was only care and support of Ventura As of last night fire became a threat to SB Law and fire are now part of unified command SB is now directly involved “Voluntary evacuation” was issued for Carp as a result. Maps and Plans available for that 2-3 am there was a need for a portion of Rincon to be evacuated Sheriff's deputies went door to door 300 residents and 90 homes were impacted They were directed to UCSB (something about animals) Now: First time to activate this center (did I hear that right?) Director of EOC is now on shifts Brian Yule(?) is section chief Going around the room pointing out the roles in the organization right now. Chief Peterson: Fire briefing: Huddle with a 3-star at CalFire Acreage is not clear 150,000 acres estimate now 101 is closed. CHP is shuttling small groups of cars through. “Escort” Fire is behind Carpinteria (as far as SB cares) Fire has reached “divide peak”, further inland behind carp Between ventura and SB counties If true fire is much further into federal lands than we realized earlier this morning County and Ops strike team at La Conchita kept structure lost to minimum. Lost two buildings (1 outbuilding and 1 abandoned) This was managed well Forest Service is concerned about the amount of fire is in their protection area. Trying to resolve how the teams are going to cooperate. Good communication. Unknown speaker from SB Sheriff Carpinteria has an ops center set up in City Hall Not clear about the fire’s reach to Divide Peak. (Cross referencing the satellite data) Air attack said at Divide Peak Ground forces deny Divide Peak Confusion is believed to be about the exact location of Divide Peak Regardless divide peak is expected to burn Unknown So far fire has not crossed 150 Fire teams holding it at 150 Lewin Weather Dry and fire weather in the near future Good that days are short Cold at night Bad for firefighters (When is it good for firefighters? -me) Current Objectives (being approved on the fly - paraphrased) Ensure SB is prepared for fire impacts to the County to provide rapid alert information and directions on action for the public to tak. Provide the public and officials to prevent rumors Ensure staffing Provide close coordination Support shelters “Prepare document for public proclamation and FMAG” “Provide for public and employee safety” (All approved) Resource needs at EOC Current staffing Lots of details about how to account for time working in the EOC for employees (relevant for FEMA) Expect “presidential” (not sure what that means) Carpinteria update - From EOC shift leaders Activated yesterday late afternoon Answered questions Coordinated with county EOM and sheriff Thanks to Sheriff’s office for information Lots of questions from public about “what to do” Holiday parade cancelled Needs: Primarily Information needs Sandwich boards Need more information out to the public Montecito No needs ready to support Santa Barbara CIty EOC is set up to support and has staff to support Carp or County EOC Information is appreciated Goleta No needs at this time ready to support Open No County Schools All south county schools are closed Carp. Assuming closed tomorrow SB Unified s closed Private and charter associated also closed Not clear about tomorrow SBCC is also closed Not clear about tomorrow Air quality, Threat and Staffing are the rationale for closing Many teachers and staff live in affected areas Cate closed Everyone left yesterday at noon Westmont Closed Today and Tomorrow being announced at 10am by President Beebe UCSB - Jim Is running the shelter The shelter is called “the RecCen” “The Mac” is a bulding in the “RecCen” All PR should refer to the “RecCen” Red Cross is the liason for the shelter numbers EOC director is Renee Ball UCLA is cancelled 10,000 students petitioned against that choice UCSB is in “dead week” so no classes were running anyway Power is an issue for UCSB due to the shelter Backup generator for shelter is hooked up to shelter building Two back up generators Fuel is going to become an issue EOC is in standby mode UCSB Renee Ball Informal summer classes Waiting for public health report before deciding on whether going outside is bad enough to cancel the classes UCSB - Jim Rumor control - Tons of rumors flying around UCSB Rumor - “Power is going out by plan” Rumor - “IV is evacuating” Need to control the rumors particularly in UCSB/IV CalTrans - CHP 101 is open with escorts Hard closure 192 at 150 closed Gubantor and 150 154 closed this morning off and on Southern California Edison - Only operating with 1 of our 66 KD lines which we rely on if 220 lines go down If 220’s go down due to fire there will be power outages from 5 to 30 minutes If fire travels down the 220 it will be worse Working on getting second 66KD line to provide resiliency Mobilizing to place 10MW of diesel generation at Goleta sub Working on getting equipment in place Not ready until Sunday “Is fire close to 220 lines in Carp?” Jim - Could be depends on crossing a particular geo location (para - me) County General Services 911 dispatch is on generator Transfer switch failed Part is being overnighted by Fedex Downtown power flucutation Currently running on SCE, but might switch to generator EOC is on charcoal filtration system for human breathing Shutdoors Lewin- Keep monitoring impact on comms sites Public Works - Brett County Road closure is going to be kept up in real time (trying to get the url for that) Gubernor canyon from 192 to 150 closed Jim- take pictures of damage in real time Parks No one available Social Services 43 clients at shelter in UCSB as a result of last nights evacs. Update: Update 58 at shelter with line outside Some needs in Carp for additional help on evac support Coordinating with Red Cross Input about mental health assistance from another person Vista Del Mar Burned Tuesday morning 82 bed pysch facility Tremendous loss 70 patients evac’ed to fair grounds SB County staff (10 people) went with them Permission to go over census to overload the back-up facility (Puff?) granted for now Some hospitals are helping with this which will impact wait times Vista is burned and will not reopen Recovery need Red Cross National red cross has taken over Communication is going to be difficult as a result “Thanks to the Red cross for help” Public Health Vulnerable populations in Carp. Actively working with them None of them impacted by evacs. Still some concern EMS is at normal ops EMS EOC is turning on Making sure routing air quality updates are going out CostCo parking lot (10:00am), Franklin community center (1:00pm) Masks available for people with compromised respiratory systems only. N95 masks - not small enough for small children Looking for a site in Carpinteria to do a distribution of masks As of last night no additional folks with medical needs No medical shelter needs at this time Doctor Charity Dean Request to work with UCSB on air quality help Recommendation is to leave and get out of smoke areas at this time Pregnancy Asthma Medications are going to show up in short fall Santa Barbara air is hazardous Goleta air is very unhealthy People who need to relocate due to relocation should be given accommodation Question about closing tomorrow: Recommended to close Santa Barbara schools tomorrow also Animal Services - Dory : Hot line was activated at 3:30am 13 animals taken in last night SB Humane is accepting dogs and cats Not many calls to hot line Lots of animals at Earl Warren What is the capacity for large animals? Polo field accepting horses (and goats (! -me)) Earl Warren can take about 100 more horses “Air quality for horses?” Recommendation to move horse to North County Polo field has bad air quality Most of the options are privately arranged. The hot lines have a network. Capacity is limited for public accomodations for horses. State OES (what is that? -me) State ops center is at level 3 - High (?) Monitoring major fires in Ventura and LA County Watching for new starts further south Staging in Los Alamedos Cots, blankets, water from FEMA (not a distribution site) LOTS of shelter material from FEMA State of Emergency from Governor JEK update (?) Ready to go. (Lots of acronyms that I can’t parse -me) Press releases Sheriff Needs: Need regular updates on where the fire actually is Last time we relied on LA County for help we won’t have that this time. Air Assets providing info also Really need info Do we have a trigger point for mandatory evacuations? Lewin - “Yes, decision points are established. We need a map of those points” Directed to be developed CalFire - Mary Huggins What is containment? No answer “Will be sent to shelter once a day for updates” Evacuation planning map is available Wrap-up Don’t call the EOC with info Briefing concluded at 10am Next planned briefing at 9am on 12/8 -- Brian - K6BPM

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Fire live video stream
by Ludovico Cavedon 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

Not ham radio related, but probably of interested of many people here: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1DXGyErYEygGM Stay safe, Ludovico

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Fwd: Radio interview with Jeff Reinhardt
by Bill Talanian 05 Dec '17

05 Dec '17

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Radio interview with Jeff Reinhardt Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 06:07:48 -0800 From: Lou Dartanner <boomerlou56(a)verizon.net> Dear folks, Mike Williams of the Wildland Residents Association will be interviewing Jeff Reinhardt, ARRL section PIO, on his radio show this morning (Tuesday) at 11:00 a.m. on 1290 AM. Jeff will discuss amateur radio in general, the ARRL, and amateur radio’s participation in emergency operations. The program will also be simulcast at http://morenews.newspress.com/kzsb/player.html and re-run several times. Lou

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Santa Paula Fire
by Bill Talanian 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

The Sulphur Mtn video camera is on line looking at the Santa Paula Fire. Go the my web site of www.pvarc.club. The video is on the main page. Thank you to Orv Beach W6BY and Ben Kup AI6YR for setting up the YouTube video feed on the pvarc web site. Paul, wd6eby

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Re: [Sbarc-list] Action against Dick Norton, N6AA
by Rick Whitaker 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

What kind of 1800's thinking is this code? How do they become so elite as to not have to tell the members what truly is going on. I believe that the concept of freedom of speech is indeed gone in the BOD for ARRL. Do we really not want to contest this? -----Original Message----- From: Jay Hennigan [mailto:jay@west.net] Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 6:10 PM To: Darryl Widman; Dorothy Oksner K6DSO; Tom Saunders N6YX; Levi Maaia K6LCM; Theo Howe KK6YYZ; Michael Taylor K6RQV; brian(a)k6bpm.com; Bob Muller K6CTX Cc: Rod Fritz WB9KMO (rod(a)sbatv.org); Jay Hennigan WB6RDV; Marvin Johnston KE6HTS; Rick Whitaker KG6VLM; Ron Fugate N6ANF; Al Soenke; Bill Talanian W1UUQ; List, SBARC Subject: Re: Action against Dick Norton, N6AA On 12/1/17 1:40 AM, Darryl Widman wrote: > My Dear Friends, > Is this something we might want to comment upon at our next gathering? > Dick Norton, > N6AA, Director of the ARRL Southwestern Division has been a friend of > SBARC for many years, albeit not to the extent of previous Directors, > ie. Art Goddard, W6XD, or Fried Heyn, WA6WZO. The action of the ARRL > Board of Directors against him gives one pause and makes us wonder if > we ought consider another to run for his seat when his term expires. In my opinion, absolutely not, and we should donate to his re-election campaign. Long opinion follows. Summary is that ARRL has put him in a Catch-22. Research the details. Here's the timeline from what I can find in public documentation: January 2017: ARRL adopted a document titled "ARRL POLICY ON BOARD GOVERNANCE AND CONDUCT OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND VICE DIRECTORS" aka "Code of conduct". It is mostly reasonable and standard language, but there are some issues regarding "loyalty" and "confidentiality" that are concerning. Example is section 6c which prohibits a board member from discussing how board members voted on an issue, including how the member himself voted. Contrast this with SBARC and most non-profits where the board meetings are open to the membership and even the public. All of section 8 is particularly onerous. A board member's constituency may request an issue be brought before the board. The member argues in favor of his or her constituency and gets voted down. That member can't acknowledge that he tried. He can't say how he voted. He must go back to those who elected him and lie that he favors the actions of the Board against those that elected him, or at least pretend that he supports the Board. In my opinion, this stinks to high heaven. How can we as the members make an informed choice to elect representatives if they are barred from telling us how they represent us and how they vote and are forced to pretend that all is rosy in Newington? Full text here: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ODV/ARRL%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf April 2017: DX convention was held in Visalia where there was an ARRL forum. Dick Norton attended and mentioned the existence of the new code and how it impacted his ability to communicate with members. He said (as required by the code, whether true or not) that he fully supported the code. Audience member Mark Weiss K6FG questioned the wisdom of the ARRL code of conduct and said that it stunk. He got a standing ovation. The rest of the audience agreed with him. This is as reported here: http://www.kb6nu.com/heck-arrl-board-thinking/ November 20, 2017: ARRL censures Dick Norton cryptically with no detail or offer of evidence. As per the new code, we as members are prohibited from knowing how our representatives voted. As far as I can tell, Dick's only crime was letting his constituents know that this egregious policy existed and how it limited his ability to communicate, all while claiming that he fully supported it. I certainly hope that this results in a major Streisand Effect problem for the League. See also: https://sites.google.com/site/hamsforabetterarrl/ https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/7fboef/what_the_heck_is_the_… Further, if as Darryl suggests, someone were to run for Dick's position and campaign on a platform of overturning the current code of ethics, if that person were even allowed in the ballot by ARRL "Ethics and Elections Committee", he would be barred from communicating to those who elected him as to how he or anyone else voted. -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - jay(a)impulse.net Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV

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Re: [Sbarc-list] Action against Dick Norton, N6AA
by Jay Hennigan 01 Dec '17

01 Dec '17

On 12/1/17 1:40 AM, Darryl Widman wrote: > My Dear Friends, > Is this something we might want to comment upon at our next gathering? > Dick Norton, > N6AA, Director of the ARRL Southwestern Division has been a friend of > SBARC for many > years, albeit not to the extent of previous Directors, ie. Art Goddard, > W6XD, or Fried > Heyn, WA6WZO. The action of the ARRL Board of Directors against him > gives one pause > and makes us wonder if we ought consider another to run for his seat > when his term > expires. In my opinion, absolutely not, and we should donate to his re-election campaign. Long opinion follows. Summary is that ARRL has put him in a Catch-22. Research the details. Here's the timeline from what I can find in public documentation: January 2017: ARRL adopted a document titled "ARRL POLICY ON BOARD GOVERNANCE AND CONDUCT OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND VICE DIRECTORS" aka "Code of conduct". It is mostly reasonable and standard language, but there are some issues regarding "loyalty" and "confidentiality" that are concerning. Example is section 6c which prohibits a board member from discussing how board members voted on an issue, including how the member himself voted. Contrast this with SBARC and most non-profits where the board meetings are open to the membership and even the public. All of section 8 is particularly onerous. A board member's constituency may request an issue be brought before the board. The member argues in favor of his or her constituency and gets voted down. That member can't acknowledge that he tried. He can't say how he voted. He must go back to those who elected him and lie that he favors the actions of the Board against those that elected him, or at least pretend that he supports the Board. In my opinion, this stinks to high heaven. How can we as the members make an informed choice to elect representatives if they are barred from telling us how they represent us and how they vote and are forced to pretend that all is rosy in Newington? Full text here: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ODV/ARRL%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf April 2017: DX convention was held in Visalia where there was an ARRL forum. Dick Norton attended and mentioned the existence of the new code and how it impacted his ability to communicate with members. He said (as required by the code, whether true or not) that he fully supported the code. Audience member Mark Weiss K6FG questioned the wisdom of the ARRL code of conduct and said that it stunk. He got a standing ovation. The rest of the audience agreed with him. This is as reported here: http://www.kb6nu.com/heck-arrl-board-thinking/ November 20, 2017: ARRL censures Dick Norton cryptically with no detail or offer of evidence. As per the new code, we as members are prohibited from knowing how our representatives voted. As far as I can tell, Dick's only crime was letting his constituents know that this egregious policy existed and how it limited his ability to communicate, all while claiming that he fully supported it. I certainly hope that this results in a major Streisand Effect problem for the League. See also: https://sites.google.com/site/hamsforabetterarrl/ https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/7fboef/what_the_heck_is_the_… Further, if as Darryl suggests, someone were to run for Dick's position and campaign on a platform of overturning the current code of ethics, if that person were even allowed in the ballot by ARRL "Ethics and Elections Committee", he would be barred from communicating to those who elected him as to how he or anyone else voted. -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - jay(a)impulse.net Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV

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145.160 PL change
by Bill Talanian 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

QST QST QST The K6TZ 145.160 Repeater operating from Santa Ynez Peak has undergone two major changes this week. The antenna was relocated to a mast with a lower noise floor. In addition both input and output PL are now 127.3 Hz. The repeater system will be on-link with wd6eby at Sulphur Mountain in Ventura County. Would appreciate low level input signal reports and area of coverage. More later as we move forward. Bill Talanian Trustee

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Icom IC-7300 users out there?
by Dave Schmidt 24 Nov '17

24 Nov '17

Gigaparts, HRO and Main Trading all have a black Friday sale on the Icom IC-7300 ($999.95 after $100 rebate). Best part is the wife said I could get one :) Bad part is that I tend to over analyze things and sure enough I'm doing it with this radio. Question for the group - do any of you have firsthand experience with this radio especially in an environment with high noise (power lines mostly I think). I've read it doesn't do well in high noise environments and that's the thing that's keeping me from buying it. Dave ai6vx

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Upcoming bylaws vote - dangerous precedent
by Jay Hennigan 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

There are two proposals on tonight's ballot. One is for the membership to approve a dues increase from $24 per year to $35 per year. I am in favor of this. It has been a very long time since the dues were raised, inflation has taken its toll, our systems are aging, and we have taken on many new projects. The other proposal is in my opinion far more dangerous, and I urge you to vote against it. As the Club is presently structured, the Board of directors sets the dues. This has been the case for several decades. Once the Board votes to change the dues, this change must be approved by the membership at a regular meeting. The proposed change to the bylaws removes the provision that the membership ratify any dues increase. Having the Club membership ratify dues increases is an important safeguard against a future Board that seeks to take on more than the membership can support and fund it on the backs of an unwilling membership. To the best of my knowledge, the membership has never failed to ratify any increase in dues presented in my 40-plus years of SBARC membership, so there should not be any need to change the bylaws removing this important protection. The Board asks that we trust them. The Board already sets the dues. This doesn't change that, but it removes the safeguard against unreasonable increases that we now enjoy. Ronald Reagan used to quote an old Russian proverb, "Trust, but verify". This proposed change removes your ability as members to verify. This Board may be reasonable, but future Boards may not. Even with this Board, I have evidence that there was an attempt to raise one member's dues even before the increase was to be voted on at tonight's meeting. Despite assurances that this would be corrected, the evidence shows that it has not been. This is a hint of what may happen in the future. Please vote to approve the dues increase. Please vote NO on the bylaws change that would give this and future Boards the ability to raise your dues at will and remove your ability to prevent unreasonable increases. -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - jay(a)impulse.net Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV

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ARES Exercise
by Bill Talanian 14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

QST QST QST ARES will be conducting a county-wide communications exercise with the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the Office of Emergency Management on Thursday, November 16, from 0800 to 1200 hours. (Set up will be at 0800 with comm checks around 0830. The drill itself will start at 0900 hours.) The 146.79 repeater will be used for south county operations and the 224.08 repeater will be linked to service all north county activity. The 446.4 repeater will be used for traffic between the EOC and the Public Health Department’s Department Operating Center. Linking between 146.79 and 145.18 will remain off to facilitate exercise communications. It is likely the operations will be concluded prior to 1200 hours. At the present time, they expect to have an open net until such time as the exercise begins, so an abbreviated SBARC morning net on 146.79 seems like it will not interfere. But space should be left between transmissions for emergency or exercise traffic. As soon as normal communications is restored at the hospitals, which is anticipated to be around 1100 hours, the net will either be terminated or put on open net status. ARES thanks all SBARC members and repeater users for their cooperation. Bill Talanian Trustee

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