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    EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

    Jan 01, 2020 4 minutes
    BY WALT PALMER,* W4ALT

    he recent wildfires in California caused great angst and heartache for many in or near their paths. Homes were lost to fire. Pets and livestock perished. Some lost all but the shirts on their backs. Photographs and news footage told only part of the story. The most powerful image for me was of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, as the Easy fire approached the 100-acre compound where the President and First Lady are buried, and the library houses SAM 27000, the presidential Boeing 707 aircraft that flew presidents and VIPs from 1962 to 1998.

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