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PUBLIC SERVICE NOTES FROM A CATASTROPHE HURRICANE IAN ON SEPTEMBER 28,
HURRICANE IAN MADE LANDFALL NEAR FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, AS A CATEGORY 4 
STORM.  AFTER CROSSING OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA, WHERE IT HAD WEAKENED TO
A TROPICAL STORM, IT STRENGTHENED AGAIN TO A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE, AND MADE
A SECOND LANDFALL NEAR GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA.  IAN WAS THE DEADLIEST
HURRICANE TO HIT FLORIDA SINCE 1935.  ONE OF THE MOST AFFECTED AREAS WAS
THE ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION, WHERE CHRISTINE DUEZ, K4KJN, SERVES
AS SECTION EMERGENCY COORDINATOR SEC.  AFTER THE HURRICANE, DUEZ CONDUCTED
A SECTION AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE ARES HOTWASH WITH ATTENDEES
COUNTY ECS AND OTHERS PRESENTING GRIPPING REPORTS OF CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND
HOW THEY SOLVED THEM WITH VALOR, DETERMINATION, AND COMMON SENSE.  HERE ARE
THE HIGHLIGHTS AND DISCUSSION OF HER REPORT DUWAIN HUNT, W8JJV, CALLED
HURRICANE IAN THE EVENT OF A LIFETIME ONE HE NEVER WANTS TO REPEAT.  HUNT
OPERATED FROM HIS HOME EMERGENCY STATION, WHERE MORE THAN 25 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL.  A SHELTER IN CHARLOTTE HAD 2 INCHES OF RISING WATER, SO ARES
OPERATORS GOT ON TOP OF TABLES TO KEEP COMMUNICATIONS GOING.  ANOTHER
SHELTER OPERATOR COULDNT TRANSMIT FROM INSIDE THE BUILDING, SO HE TRAINED
THE SHELTER MANAGER ON THE RADIOS OPERATION SO HE COULD GO OUTSIDE FOR
ANTENNA MAINTENANCE.  ANOTHER SHELTER LOST ITS ROOF AND HAD TO BE
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