Andrew Pleasant wrote: > New Orleans official (I think the chief of police but not entirely > sure) just told CNN, "The biggest problem we are having right now is > communications." > > ap
I dunno. I'm seeing videophones capturing images on television, which implies not only that cellular networks are up, but that they are relatively undamaged. The communication itself seems like a system problem. The National Guard is there, the Coast Guard is there, the Police are there (http://www.nola.com/hurricane/t-p/katrina.ssf?/hurricane/katrina/stories/html/LOOT31.html ) and so on. FEMA's there, the CDC, and of course the Department of Homeland Security. With the amount of technology available through all of these groups, it's hard to say that the communications problem is technical. Helicopters with bullhorns would work, if you think about it. Of course, the people with real problems that are still there - the handicapped/sick/aged - would need to be looked for door-to-door, which with the manpower available is not a very large issue, though time is of the essence. But the people who are left behind... the socio-economically disadvantaged - they don't have weblogs, they probably don't have cell phones and they probably don't have access to regular phones (if the landlines are still working). Yeah, the problem is communication probably - but that's not a technology issue, I think. I think it's all the crosstalk between all the agencies. It might be a regular Charlie Foxtrot when it comes to who's in charge of what... -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Georgetown, Guyana [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
