That's interesting. I live in a fairly rural area and even here we have a series of battery powered Ham radios set up for total loss of electricity allowing communication between hospitals, police, fire stations and gov't authorities.
We test it at least once a year. On 9/8/05 1:17 PM, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jim_flanegin wrote: >> And I am not politically naive, I am just tired of the >> stonewalling, the excuses, and the appalling job Bush is doing >> as President. >> > All right Jim, let's compare President Bush's response with the > response of the New Orleans police: > > First, you need to make critical infrastructure survivable. One of > the key failures was the collapse of the New Orleans Police > Department's radio system. Apparently the police department's > citywide 800 MHz radio system functioned well during and immediately > after the hurricane hit New Orleans, but since then natural gas > service to the prime downtown transmitter site was disrupted and the > generator was out. Transmitter sites for the police radio > system "are also underwater with the rising water and are now > disabled. > > Owners of the sites that housed police radio transmitters would not > allow installation of liquefied petroleum gas tanks as a backup to > piped gas, meaning generators did not have any fuel when the main > lines were cut, Tusa said. > > Radio repair technicians attempting to enter the city were turned > away by the state police, even though they had letters from the city > police authorizing their access. > > This is absurd, and I'm pretty sure it's the major factor leading to > the disintegration of the New Orleans Police Department. That sort > of gear should be survivable -- and there should also be a backup > plan for how to get messages back and forth if the radios go out > anyway: Messengers, broadcasts on commercial radio, etc. and, there > should be a separate post-disaster communications plan for > survivors, too -- so that they can locate relatives and let people > know they're alive. > > Other crucial infrastructure should be hardened as much as possible, > too. There's only so much you should do, but disaster survivability > should be considered at every stage of design, procurement, and > construction. > >> No joy in it, whatsoever. >> > So do you agree that the New Orleans police failed to protect the > survivors? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
