> I was thinking that if something really happened, I load my family >into the van and get out of Dodge, not worry about manning my EMCOM post.
That sort of attitude, while understandable, reflects the "me first" mode of modern America. I have a different view: I don't think it is in the best interests of everyone, me included, to be selfish. I prefer to help my neighbors, even if it puts me in danger at some point. There's more to life than just living. In a very small way, that's why I embark on my various enthusiasms for causes in the amateur community. I care about the IARU bandplan, the growing environmental noise issue, etc for the sake of everyone involved. And I will benefit if we all do. Steve WD8DAS sbjohns...@aol.com http://www.wd8das.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio is your best entertainment value. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Mark K3MSB <mark.k3...@gmail.com> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sat, Mar 20, 2010 7:40 am Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Broadcast stuff Go read the book "One Second After". The thrust of EMCOM, in my opinion, is to be able to provide emergency communications from one's one home to support your neighbors and local area when, not if, a disaster strikes. I say "when", not "if", as the more fragile our telecommunications infrastructure becomes the more easier it will be to cause massive disruption. I live about six air miles from a nuke plant. A few years ago I participated (for our club) in an EMCOM drill in the area. What to do if a radiation leak occurred, or similar. I was thinking that if something really happened, I load my family into the van and get out of Dodge, not worry about manning my EMCOM post. Not surprisingly, I found that most of the EMCOM people there felt the same way. So, what were we doing there? Checking the box? I didn't bother again. To me, it's more important to be able to establish reliable emergency communications for my neighbors and local area from my home, not someplace ten miles away. I refuse to get rid of my land-line telephone as I get "Service Not Available" quite a few times. Not a lot, but with kids at home, a wife with epilepsy, etc, I never want to see that message when I or the kids need 911. 3G/4G are nice things, and I look forward to their deployment. But they are fragile. 73 Mark K3MSB On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Bruce <bsugarb...@core.com> wrote: > Hello, > > And when the disaster strikes, and the power fails, and the laptops > and cell phones do not work anymore....??? > > 73, Bruce WA8TNC > ======================= > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
