TANEY COUNTY, Mo. – Amateur radio operators said the Duck Boat Tragedy highlighted how much time it takes to communicate weather conditions in Taney County to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Springfield.
“The duck boat incident, the Weather Service did a good job on that,” Amateur radio operator Jim Parks said. “That was all radar indicated. Had there been somebody on the other side of Table Rock Lake saying we’ve got 90-mile-an-hour winds or whatever it was, we like to think it would have made a difference.”
It’s why operators have worked to raise money for new equipment to get information out faster.
The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.
(Story by Sydney Moran, ozarksfirst.com)
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