Selfishness has nothing to do with it. I don't doubt you would help you neighbors if it meant putting yourself at risk. I doubt you'd do that if it meant putting your family, especially your children, at risk.
Risking oneself for another is much easier than risking your family for another. Mark K3MSB On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 12:16 PM, <sbjohns...@aol.com> wrote: > > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
