My friend has a shortwave base station that has worked for years. It's
the best first responder emergency radio system. Shortwave operators
gave reports during Katrina and 9/11 when nobody else could get through.
Shortwave probably will die when BPL comes online. Too bad. There's
enough real disasters around the country every year that we need
reliable emergency communications that don't rely on the electric grid.
I suppose if you think the Iraqis pose a large threat to yourself,
then you probably do think emergency radio communications is an absurd
idea. Ah well; hard to argue that one.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Tom Piwowar <[email protected]> wrote:
>>I just don't think it's realistic to base our lives around remote
>>possibilities.
>
> I see you are from the Dick Cheney school of disaster planning, still
> waiting for the Iraquis to throw rose petals at us.
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