Inspiration in the Hoosier state
First I have to share a photograph that was sent to me by one of you. It’s taken in the Colts locker room and I believe it was taken after the Super Bowl victory.
No wonder they inspire me so much. ;-)
Winning the Super Bowl, what a great feeling! Thanking God for our blessings, even better.
Next I want to share an email from Levi, a regular contributor to my emails. Levi plays in the Backroads Band, which you can catch around the Wabash Valley. When he’s not playing, he’s a hard working man. I asked him about his job.
“Ok....you asked for it!!!
Well....I am a Mechanical Engineer. I am the lead engineer over the project that I am currently working on.
The project is a deployable depot for the defense logistics agency. It was initially stood up to support FEMA for hurricane relief and any other civil emergency that might arise. For instance, last year iour team was on 24hour alert in case of a hurricane. Once deployed we provide all of the communications needed for first responders to the scene. As you might remember, during hurricane katrina, one of the major problems was lack of communications between the different emergency crews.....due to different radios, no command post, etc. With our system, we have solved this probelm with our communication suite. We have the ability to talk to almost any type of radio that shows up. We also have phones in our mobile complex and an internet connection via satellite.
So, that is the long and short of what I do. I think it is pretty neat plus it has the potential to help a lot of people in an emergency type situation where they would need all the help we can give them.
You have to be bored now!
Have a great day,
Levi”
Bored? I don’t think so! I’m fascinated and told him so. What I think is pretty neat is that I now know one of the guys that is absolutely going to make emergency management in catastrophic situations better in the future.
Don’t YOU like knowing that?
No wonder they inspire me so much. ;-)
Winning the Super Bowl, what a great feeling! Thanking God for our blessings, even better.
Next I want to share an email from Levi, a regular contributor to my emails. Levi plays in the Backroads Band, which you can catch around the Wabash Valley. When he’s not playing, he’s a hard working man. I asked him about his job.
“Ok....you asked for it!!!
Well....I am a Mechanical Engineer. I am the lead engineer over the project that I am currently working on.
The project is a deployable depot for the defense logistics agency. It was initially stood up to support FEMA for hurricane relief and any other civil emergency that might arise. For instance, last year iour team was on 24hour alert in case of a hurricane. Once deployed we provide all of the communications needed for first responders to the scene. As you might remember, during hurricane katrina, one of the major problems was lack of communications between the different emergency crews.....due to different radios, no command post, etc. With our system, we have solved this probelm with our communication suite. We have the ability to talk to almost any type of radio that shows up. We also have phones in our mobile complex and an internet connection via satellite.
So, that is the long and short of what I do. I think it is pretty neat plus it has the potential to help a lot of people in an emergency type situation where they would need all the help we can give them.
You have to be bored now!
Have a great day,
Levi”
Bored? I don’t think so! I’m fascinated and told him so. What I think is pretty neat is that I now know one of the guys that is absolutely going to make emergency management in catastrophic situations better in the future.
Don’t YOU like knowing that?
posted by Diane @ 10:20 AM
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