[SBE] Going forward

[Jim Leifer]

Interesting

During and after the hurricanes
Tv and radio were also the only means to get information out.

Amateur radio was also used by eoc and other critical areas

Cell dies before portable generators can get put in place

I have 2 satellite phones just for that reason





On Mar 17, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com> wrote:


> At 12:09 PM 3/17/2010, a9xw at cs.com wrote:

>> The next gen EAS will not require broadcasters, the Govt thinks  

>> iinternet, cell and hybrid devices will suffice.

>

>          Interesting that you should say that.

>

>         I read the following just this week and mentioned

>         it on another list. No one responded.

>

>         This quote relates to the Chilean earthquake and

>         the official reaction:

>

> "Officials admit that they made mistakes. The most serious was the  

> national emergency office’s early assurance that there was no risk o 

> f a tsunami (it misplaced the quake’s epicentre as being on land). T 

> he government’s slow response and failure to maintain order were par 

> tly caused by its reliance not on old-fashioned radios, but on the i 

> nternet and mobile telephones both of which were knocked out by a po 

> wer failure. For the first seven hours the government thus had no in 

> formation about conditions south of Santiago."

>

>

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