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Subj: Radio waves: Classic communication can save lives
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The News Guard asks What happens, in an emergency situation if thereâ€Ös no
wi-fi because the Internet and power are out, the smart phone has no
signal, and the landlines are silent?
Our society has become dependent upon technology in just about every area
of life, especially when it comes to information and communication, and the
systems we rely on are remarkably fragile. Local coastal telephone
landlines, for example, travel to the Willamette Valley and back, so, even
if making a local call, the signal travels some distance. Any number of
things can happen to disrupt those lines. Cell phone signal capacity
easily becomes overwhelmed in high use situations.
*Jenny Demaris*, Emergency Manager for Lincoln County, says the local
association of ham radio operators will be “one of the critical
behind-the-scenes volunteer groups that will be the back bone of
communications when principal systems fail or are overloaded.”
Read the full story at
http://www.thenewsguard.com/news/radio-waves-classic-communication-can-save-lives-in-emergency-situations/article_b053d2bc-4e3b-11e6-b6e2-238c09a65040.html
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