Date:         Wed, 2 May 2007 17:02:38 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Converting '88 Vanagon into a mobile office
Comments: To: vt <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
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On May 2, 2007, at 5:47 PM, vt wrote:

> I've used my 84 Westy as a disaster response communication and family
> service intake "office" on several occasions.  With a minimal
> amount of
> effort, I have set up a satellite link to enter cell phone systems
> as well
> as to relay ground information to hovering National Guard
> helicopters acting
> as relay links during mountain rescue and flooding operations.
>
> For smaller operations, I've invited families into the vehicle
> (even if it
> gets crowded) where I could interview them to ascertain and
> authorize needed
> services.
>
> Very soon, now, I will be driving home a 91 which I'll convert into
> a mobile
> primary care home visiting mobile transport vehicle.  I'll drive and
> transport my physician wife and equipment like spirometer, ECG, and
> simple
> lab testing supplies and my wife will conduct in-home visits ....
> This is a
> test to determine efficacy, and we are sort of excited about the
> opportunity.

Way to go!  Keep us informed as to progress!

Tom B.-FEMA could do this for a lot less $$$$