Jacqueline Morris wrote: >>From the MSNBC reports I saw today, communication between the rescue >and other staffs is still a real issue. Apparently in New Orleans and >some other places the radio towers are still down, cell phones are not >working, and this has been a major problem with regard to the police, >national guard etc being able to coordinate action. Also seems as if >New Orleans is possibly going to be the Atlantis of the 21st century! >Jacqueline > > Err. OK. So, with all this lack of communication and some warning before the hurricane hit (much more than the December 2004 Tsunami), I find this kind of hard to swallow. Be that as it may, the satellite phones are supposed to be on the way.
I know the first responders in the U.S. would have their communications gear. The people entering the field would have it. So while people keep saying that there's a lack of communication, I think it's a matter of there being a lack of civilian communication. And from what I understand, this all falls under the Department of Homeland Security. Maybe it's my old Navy sense kicking in, but... there's no way that there could be no communication out there. Standard Operating Procedure for Search and Rescue involves communication. That's in the textbook, that's in the training - both civilian and military. And that communication isn't dependant on land or cellular networks, it's radio. Has someone kicked on a Police scanner out there? I imagine one could learn a lot with a police scanner. -- 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.
