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    EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

    Mar 01, 2022 5 minutes
    BY MARTIN BUTERA,* PT2ZDX/LU9EFO GUEST COLUMNIST

    As we continue our search for a new Emergency Communications Editor, we bring you a report this month from Brazil, where heavy rains in February touched off floods and landslides (a story overlooked by most U.S. media outlets) and amateur radio’s role in the response. We now pass the keyboard to guest columnist Martin Butera, PT2ZDX/LU9EFO …

    As I write this report near the end of February, deaths from landslides in Petrópolis, Brazil, are close to 200 people, with more than 100 more still missing and nearly a thousand homeless. As elsewhere, radio amateurs (Photo A) have been deeply involved in the emergency response.

    The tragedy began on February 15, 2022, and occurred in the Brazilian imperial city of Petrópolis, located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from its capital. The city, which is built

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