Sunday, May 22, 2011

JOPLIN MISSOURI Tornado Updates/Info

I'm posting info that I am receiving from a friend in Joplin Mo via Twitter. I will try and post info here also.
Please DO NOT SELF DEPLOY to Joplin.
The area is using their emergency response plan that is in place & it is working.
They cannot manage spontaneous volunteers at this time.
Please call 2-1-1 (800.427.4626) to let them know if you are interested in volunteering and they will provide a coordinated effort to manage volunteers.
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National Americorp Volunteers are setting up a national hotline for residents to call to check on loved ones.
The number is (417) 659-5464.
It will be active later this morning.

Missourians who need disaster information, shelter information or referrals are urged to call 211. The 211 service number is now available for most areas in Missouri. In areas where the 211 number is not operational, citizens can call 800-427-4626.


Update on Joplin School District -
more than 5-thousand displaced;
searching for staff and students
Click Here
http://fourstateshomepage.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=192157


NEW UPDATE:2:20 am
From 96.9 KKOW: Please pass this on. Just got a call from a 4-stater who has picked up several children who are looking for their parents. The children's names are Miraiah Putnum, Jesus Conte, and Leo ValDrama. If you know these kids, or their parents call us at the studio, we have the number of the lady who picked them up Our numbers are 417-782-6969 or 620-231-4969

Missouri Media Sites
Joplin - KODE
Channel 12 - ABC
Joplin - KSN
Channel 16 - NBC
Springfield - KSPR
Channel 33 - ABC
Springfield - KYTV
Channel 3 - NBC
KKLL AM Joplin,
KWAS AM Joplin,
Joplin Globe
Springfield News Leader

My Twitter; KD8BIG
*Joplin, Missouri hit hard by tornado, Officials are asking for help, SAR Teams, Doctors, nurses, paramedics etc.
*Jasper Co requesting Mutual Aid for Officers...PD set up @ 20th and Main
*24 deaths in wake of tornado in Joplin, MO,
*Real-time updates, images from tornado-damaged Joplin, via breakingnews.com
*Tornado Watches continue into Monday (4 am CDT) for parts of MO, AR, OK, IL |
*Blankets and medical supplies needed at destroyed nursing home St 26th & Jackson in Joplin, Mo
*For nurses or doctors looking to help re Joplin, MO, call 417-832-9500 for the Greater Ozarks of the Red Cross.
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HOW TO READ PROPAGATION NUMBERS

The A index [ LOW is GOOD ]

  • 1 to 6 is BEST
  • 7 to 9 is OK
  • 11 or more is BAD

Represents the overall geomagnetic condition of the ionosphere ("Ap" if averaged from the Kp-Index) (an average of the eight 3-hour K-Indices) ('A' referring to amplitude) over a given 24 hour period, ranging (linearly) typically from 1-100 but theoretically up to 400.

A lower A-Index generally suggests better propagation on the 10, 12, 15, 17, & 20 Meter Bands; a low & steady Ap-Index generally suggest good propagation on the 30, 40, 60, 80, & 160 Meter Bands.

SFI index [ HIGH is GOOD ]

  • 70 NOT GOOD
  • 80 GOOD
  • 90 BETTER
  • 100+ BEST

The measure of total radio emissions from the sun at 10.7cm (2800 MHz), on a scale of 60 (no sunspots) to 300, generally corresponding to the sunspot level, but being too low in energy to cause ionization, not related to the ionization level of the Ionosphere.

Higher Solar Flux generally suggests better propagation on the 10, 12, 15, 17, & 20 Meter Bands; Solar Flux rarely affects the 30, 40, 60, 80, & 160 Meter Bands.

K index [ LOW is GOOD ]

  • 0 or 1 is BEST
  • 2 is OK
  • 3 or more is BAD
  • 5 is VERY VERY BAD

The overall geomagnetic condition of the ionosphere ("Kp" if averaged over the planet) over the past 3 hours, measured by 13 magnetometers between 46 & 63 degrees of latitude, and ranging quasi-logarithmically from 0-9. Designed to detect solar particle radiation by its magnetic effect. A higher K-index generally means worse HF conditions.

A lower K-Index generally suggests better propagation on the 10, 12, 15, 17, & 20 Meter Bands; a low & steady Kp-Index generally suggest good propagation on the 30, 40, 60, 80, & 160 Meter Bands.

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