This makes sense and cell service is pretty reliable even during these natural disasters. Some carriers put more emphasis on disaster recovery than others, Verizon for example used to build generators in to all of their major towers and distribution points, others might focus lesss on generators but might have batteries which would carry for a while and so forth. Even during Harvey the news gathering organizations were having some success using the cell networks for their broadcasts. A lot of locations are going to smaller cells more densely placed so there aren’t the big towers to fall over and be damaged in the wind. YOu’ll have little devices the size of lunch boxes scattered on poles and roofs so you can lose some sites but still be fully functional. They also form wireless meshes so there’s fewer physical fibers and cables to break and disrupt communications. Definitely aren’t perfect yet and you still need that old battery operated transistor radio in case the sites go out and you have 0 communication but at least thought is being put in to designing networks that with stand these events now.
> On Sep 4, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > FaceBook has a nice feature that lets people know that you're safe during an > emergency situation. Last year during the evacuation of Fort McMurray due to > the wildfire, a notification popped into our FaceBook feed stating something > to the nature of "Let your friends and family know your safe". We were able > to let all our FaceBook contacts know that we had made it out safely and were > OK. This was a huge relief for many of our friends and family as they > followed the scary news of the event. Now, this certainly isn't foolproof as > one needs a device like an iPhone, and some sort of method by which you can > connect to FaceBook, like active cell towers, in order for this to be of any > service. But it is very useful in my opinion. This, along with follow-up > groups etc gave me a new appreciation for the power of social media like > FaceBook during emergency events. Granted, there's a ton of garbage on > FaceBook and other social media platforms, but this feature certainly was > positive. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Sep 4, 2017, at 09:08, lenron brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > I love Youtube so much cool and fun stuff there. I tend to use twitter > for a lot of my social media needs. I kind of work like you Scott when > it comes to Social media. Gave up on facebook last year for the most > part. I might log in every now and then. > > On 9/4/17, Simon Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: >> I find it really difficult to cut a line of facebook or twitter on a mirror >> and then snort it through my straw. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Granados >> Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 3:19 PM >> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Social Media and Preparedness >> >> I don’t find it addicting but that’s me. I think the closest I get is I do >> like watching content on youtube and other video sources but I’m more of a >> passive user of social media. I get news aggregated on twitter and so >> forth. >> >> >>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 10:01 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks that did help. I promise myself I will not become addicted to >>> this. (smiles) >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, >>> all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>> E-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> On 9/3/2017 6:41 PM, Scott Granados wrote: >>>> O in my opinion Facebook is what you would use to stay connected with >>>> your family and friends and twitter would be the best for gathering news >>>> and staying informed. You could follow the news sites or aggregators you >>>> want and quickly get the latest. >>>> Hope that helps. >>>>> On Sep 3, 2017, at 9:32 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am not a fan of social media. But given how it can be used in times >>>>> of emergency, I may relent. >>>>> >>>>> Which would be ideal for me to sign up with, and the most useful, >>>>> Facebook or Twitter? 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