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SWIFTLY SET UP IN THE LOBBY AND USED RUNNERS TO HANDLE MESSAGES TO AND FROM
THE STAFF FOR 3 DAYS.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY EC TOM CHANCE, K9XV, REPORTED THAT
THREE SHELTERS WERE SET UP, AND TWO OF THEM LOST THEIR ROOF.  ONE SHELTER
WITH DIALYSIS PATIENTS HAD TO BE EVACUATED.  FOUR OF SEVEN COMMUNICATIONS
TOWERS WERE DOWN, AND P25 WAS DISABLED.  TWO REPEATERS SUFFERED MAJOR
DAMAGE, AND OPERATORS MOVED TO BACKUP SYSTEMS.  THE NXDN RADIOS AND
PROTOCOL GAVE CLEAR, DEPENDABLE COMMUNICATIONS.  PAUL TOTH, NB9X, WORKED
WITH THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NOAA TO TRANSMIT
INVALUABLE HOURLY WEATHER BRIEFINGS TO THE EOC AND OVER THE NI4CE REPEATER
SYSTEM.  SARG COMMUNICATED SITREPS ON CUT OFF RURAL AREAS USING RADIO 
AMATEURS TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY WORKERS IN EAST SARASOTA AND RURAL AREAS OF
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