Monday, July 07, 2008

It's About (Your Other) Family

As we get back into the grind after the holidays, I'm reminded once again that it's important to have friends and a good support system for this kind of job. Tonight is Monday, and when I'm in town, that means calling the weekly county weather spotters net.

Couple of the folks on that net had commented to me during the annual Field Day how much their ham radio family meant to them. None of the folks involved in storm spotting here are really into the Razorbacks, or athletics for that matter. But they wanted to know how it went in Tampa, because I'm part of their family.

Jack Buck, Jr., really got shelled by the national media for saying he was more into checking out The Bachelorette than whatever MLB game was on TV. On the one hand, Jack, you probably shouldn't have said that out loud. In this business, they don't take kindly when they think you might have other interests -- Jack just found that out.

But you need something that isn't college athletics. Some place where everybody knows your name . . . or in my case, your callsign.

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