And I was in the eye of a CAT5 hurricane and the internet, the electricity, the REPEATERS, the Cell towers and commercial towers were down. Even the hospital (Fletcher-Allen) had no electricity. The generator got whacked too. The EOC in Punta Gorda was out of service and the Sarasota EOC filled in until they got up and running 24 hours later. I recall having this conversation once before, Hams were heavily relied upon that week.
There is a thing called line of sight! In other words, simplex operations or non repeater operation. Every excercise should be carried out as though these services are not there and then migrate those services back into the excercise. Start at the top of the emergency rather than at the bottom. But what do I know.... So it does happen... 2004 Hurricane Chalie, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte Florida. de N1TAI -----Original Message----- From: Woodrick, Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:19 am Subject: RE: RE: [dstar_digital] Re: Limited access I have walked into a location where the eye of a hurricane has passed and Internet was available. And don’t forget that we seldom locate repeaters in valleys that are prone to flooding, I like my repeaters on top of the hill. Not all repeaters are connected with DSL service, some have very high reliability connections. No, I’m not going to count on the fact that Internet is going to always be available. But I’m not going to say that it never will be available. History has shown that the Internet is much more survivable than some hams think. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
