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Article: Buchanan County enlists help from local hams.

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Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA)
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June 29, 2006
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Byline: Tom Barton

Jun. 29--INDEPENDENCE -- Thirteen tornadoes in 2001. Flash flooding in 2004. Five presidential disaster declarations in 10 years.

Rick Wulfekuhle has seen his share of disasters in Iowa -- enough to know one of the first things to break down in an emergency is communication.

"You feel stifled in a hurry when things go to heck," said the coordinator of the Buchanan County Emergency Management Agency.

On June 1, 2001, things unraveled: Ten tornadoes in Northeast Iowa within 24 hours, six in Buchanan County. Spotters reported one twister at least a half-mile wide with three vortices. About 20 homes near Independence ...

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