KH6JRM's Amateur Radio Blog
For the first time in almost a month things are quiet in the KKBG-FM/KHLO-AM newsroom. The earthquake/tsunami recovery effort in Japan and the ongoing Middle East crisis have dominated the news cycle for weeks. Eventhough these topics are still in the daily news, other topics are beginning to lower the priority of March's disasters. Like many communities across the nation, fund raising efforts continue for Japan on Hawaii Is- land. The support will be needed for months, may- be years as the situation develops. Japanese hams are doing an excellent job of filling in communications gaps or coordinating recovery efforts where required. Hawaii Island is rebuilding, too. Most of the tsunami damage has been cleared from business and residential areas. The state has applied for federal disaster relief funds to cover some of the $14 million in estimated tsunami damage. Whether Hawaii gets any of the requested funds is unknown, given the current economic condition o