Emergency support services - EMS, fire, police - have all switched to cellular communications in most areas. So have emergency infrastructure repair crews such as road, electric and natural gas. So does a lot of ground-based search and rescue. In a real emergency this proves to be a fragile link in the critical communications chain. Once the cellular network goes down everything takes 3x-4x longer without communications.
What does not fail however, and continues to prove itself disaster after disaster, is ham radio and the licensed amateur radio operators who form clubs around the country and go to work immediately in emergency situations.
#hurricane. #Helene
https://survivalblog.com/2024/10/03/lessons-learned-from-hurricane-helene-by-n-c-ham/
Terry Frazier
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2024-10-04 11:51:25
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