Greetings All ~! For those coming to the Pacific Northwest Ferret Show (Canby, Oregon) this weekend. You may wish to print this out and keep it with you in case of problems along the way. Just some ways to call out for assistance. CEL PHONES The coordinators cel phone numbers will be: 503-846-1444 / 503-816-1446 / 503-422-6959 Oregon State Police (General Info) 1-800-452-7888. 9-1-1 Emergency calls from cel phones are automatically routed to them. REACT Groups monitor CB Channel 9 and GMRS Channel 10. For those who have their Ham ticket - there are a lot of repeaters in the Portland Metro area. A list of repeaters can be found at: http://nworegon_radio.home.attbi.com/nwhamrptr.html You would look for repeaters in the Multnomah County and Clackamas County areas. There are a lot of ARES / RACES and other emergency service groups in the area that monitor the repeaters. I 'normally' monitor the Portland Amateur Radio Club (PARC) repeater at 146.840 -6 <no tone>. That is, when my rig is working. Call is N2LGN (far away from home, ain't I??) The weather forecast for the next few days in the Portland Metro Area FRI - Scattered showers - high 80, low 55 SAT - Partly cloudy - high 75, low 51 SUN - Partly cloudy - high 73, low 53 The weather can be temperamental. That also means a good chance of electrical storms, heavy rains, and occasional hail storms. Please be certain your kids have adequate ventilation, shade, water, and pack extra ice bottles just in case. A little spray mister will help to cool them if the need arises. Plan to make a few extra rest stops just to check on the little ones. As always, if anyone has any questions, please feel free to email me direct. Hopefully all will have a safe journey and we will see all of you there. Kevin B and the Way Kewl Kritter Crew ~Lacey~Sprite~Cuddles~Java~Miss Priss~Cinna~Racer~Patch~ ~Mocha~Nikki~Selene~Skooter~Tootsie~Peabody~Sierra~Elway~Sacramento~ Mist the Fer-Kat, ~Stubbie~ the foster, and a rainbow of Guardian Fur-Angels. [Posted in FML issue 3811]