Support From LWRA For Tour of Sebring Rolls Flat
Sebring Tour	August 31, 2008 Since about 1992, the LWRA has loaned support in the form of radio-controlled 'safety checkpoints' to the cycling event known as "Tour Of Sebring" which took place on Sunday August 31.
But not this year. We let them down like a flat tire on a long stretch of deserted highway. In fact some parts of the tour are actually just that! There were zero LWRA members to help out this time. Notice of help, or to stay tuned went out on this web site weeks prior to get folks ready. A week before the tour, LWRA officers were notified by the tour SAG officials for help. With Hurricane Gustav bringing fast moving rain bands and wind over the County today, this hazard conditions for people on bicycles with very thin performance tires. And who knows how many took a wrong turn this year without the LWRA's help to navigate certain parts of the course, and to monitor dangerous intersections of highways. At the very least, one would figure with the increasing number of local Hams who claim to have a strong interest in public safety functions, taking all those preparation courses, that there would be a number of volunteers eager for some field work to try out their portable emergency operations gear in a needful situation as the Tour of Sebring, looking after hundreds of riders.