Transcript of Announcement at End of NMN WX

A day or two ago, I tweeted that the US Coast Guard was making an ominous-sounding announcement at the end of its offshore weather voice schedule simulcast on NMN, Camslant Chesapeake, VA, and NMG, Commsta New Orleans. "Iron Mike," who is never the most intelligible on a good day, really stumbles over this one, plus the dates and frequencies go by way to fast to keep up on a noisy HF frequency.

Therefore, as a special service to you the utility listener, I recorded and transcribed what turned out to be two announcements, both of them very old news. Here you go:

Effective 2259 Zulu, 31 March 2008, Camslant Chesapeake Virginia will terminate all high frequency on-call SITOR services. The shore receive frequency 6262.8, 8286.3, 12488.3, 16694.8, and 22295.8 will no longer be active after this date. Broadcast SITOR service remains unaffected. Break.

As of 0001 Zulu, 01 August 2007, Camslant will only acknowledge or respond to Digital Selective Calling test calls to Camslant Chesapeake Virginia, call sign November Mike November, MMSI number 003669995, and New Orleans, Louisiana, call sign November Mike Golf, MMSI number 003669998, on 4207.5 kilohertz. Test calls made to Boston, Massachusetts, call sign November Mike Foxtrot, MMSI number 003669991, and Miami, Florida, call sign November Mike Alpha, MMSI number 003669997, will not be acknowledged. No other Digital Selective Calling services have changed. Break.

To provide comments about this broadcast… (etc)

It appears safe to disregard this information...... :-)

Useful Gustav Links

WWL-TV is now being carried on all Louisiana Public Broadcasting affiliates, and streamed online:
http://www.lpb.org/programs/hurricanes/

WWL AM/FM/TV, New Orleans:
http://www.wwl.com/
http://www.wwlhurricanecentral.com/
http://www.wwltv.com/
http://www.beloblog.com/WWLTV_Blogs/weather/

LA Emergency Numbers:
http://www.loep.state.la.us/parish/parishoepnumbers.htm
http://wwlhurricanecentral.com/pages/581328.php

Hurricane Watch Net Status:
http://www.hwn.org/Net%20Activation%20Plans/NetActivationPlan.htm

New Orleans Evacuation Begins

Daily News:

Mayor Nagin orders mandatory evacuation of New Orleans

BY HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Updated Sunday, August 31st 2008, 1:51 AM

NEW ORLEANS - Haunted by memories of Katrina's wrath, the people of the Big Easy fled Hurricane Gustav Saturday, lining up for buses and jamming the roads ahead of a mandatory evacuation ordered for 8 a.m. Sunday morning.

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I-10 headed west was a parking lot. Motels were booked up as far away as Oklahoma.

Gustav, set to start battering the city tomorrow night or Tuesday morning, unexpectedly gained near-Category 5 strength as it pummeled Cuba's mainland Saturday.

New Orleans Emergency: Here We Go Again?

Reuters:

New Orleans considers evacuation as Gustav looms

Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:20pm EDT

By Kathy Finn

NEW ORLEANS, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents on Wednesday again faced the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed.

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal put New Orleans residents on alert, saying evacuations could begin as early as Friday.

City officials said New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin would order an evacuation if Gustav looked likely to come ashore with wind speeds over 111 miles per hour (178 kph) -- a Category 3 hurricane or higher on the 5-step Saffir-Simpson scale.

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Jindal said he had activated the state's catastrophic action team and could declare a state of emergency as early as Thursday. He also has put the Louisiana National Guard on alert.