TEXT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 2007 QST PAGES 38 AND 98 ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ ‰ NOW 5 WPM ‰ WHERE WE COME IN THEN WHAT IS OUR ROLE? IN EXTRAORDINARY DISASTERS, THE SCALE AND INTENSITY OF THE DISASTER QUICKLY OVERWHELM LOCAL AMATEUR RADIO RESOURCES. LOCAL AMATEURS MAY BE DISASTER VICTIMS THEMSELVES WHO ARE ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ UNABLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR SOME TIME AFTER THE DISASTER OCCURS. AMATEUR RADIO ‰ FROM PAGE 98 ‰ K4FJ/371 K4IQJ/346 K4MQG/373 K4MZU/372 ‰ END OF 5 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ