Ronda Evans wrote: >Could anyone help me in making suggestions of what communications devises are >needed for a Disaster Preparedness Communication Kit? > Oddly enough, that's one of the reasons I'm playing with the solar wifi, among other things.
> We've come along way from only needing a radio and battery. What did the end > user use for the Katrina refugees? Someone said something about text > messaging, and another about reverse 911? > Reverse 911? Dunno. But I mentioned using '767' as an SMS equivalent of 911. > And how about hand held battery recharger's, any ideas? > Plenty. In fact, in Radio Shack in Trinidad and Tobago today, I saw one specifically for cell phones for less than $100 U.S. Really smooth looking. Or, for an order of magnitude lower, you can build a solar kit that costs less than $10. >We're looking for cost effective solutions to keeping in touch. We know that >even when electricity came available that there were not enough people to >answer phones at FEMA, and most relocating was done on the Internet. So what >laptops could run the longest, and does the solar battery recharger work >without >electricity? > The solar batter recharger generates electricity and stores it in a battery which can then be used to charge other batteries. > And is this not a good point to work with Wi FI IS P's to opening up their > wireless during a disaster? > 100% Agreed. But - that's if their connections are still up. In the wake of Katrina, it's unlikely that they had the ability to extend WiFi in there. The TCP/IP enabled military vehicles are a completely different storry, but probably those networks weren't open (if they were there) for security reasons. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] 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.
