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The Spectacle Blog
The earthquake that shook the East yesterday also taught a terrible lesson. The item most people would rely upon in an emergency doesn’t work! The cell phones were out post-quake yesterday from Richmond to New York and stayed that way for hours. Many who couldn’t call managed to telex a message or two, but this would not be the method in a real emergency. In short, the item you have with you would be useless if you really had to use it.
Too Many Tims| 8.24.11 @ 12:19PM
There are useless items certainly, but the greater danger in an emergency by far are all the useless people.
Occam's Tool| 8.24.11 @ 2:12PM
New Mexico is where all you earthquake avoidants want to move to, folks. I like Northern Minnesota---no floods, few, very few tornadoes, no earthquakes, hurricanes, horrible heat waves. Just blizzards, generally easily dealt with. And our summers are glorious---4th of July is generally room temp outside.
Buck Ofama| 8.24.11 @ 3:37PM
Almost as useless in an emergency as Ovomit!
ConservativeWanderer | 8.24.11 @ 5:57PM
Speaking as a ham, anyone truly desiring communications in an emergency should invest the time in getting an amateur radio license. The Technician license (the lowest grade) gives access to radio bands handy for local communication, and the equipment is relatively inexpensive, especially if you buy used from a reputable dealer.
The ARRL can give you more info. http://www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio
Andrew Branca| 8.25.11 @ 12:00AM
So, cell phones won't work in a crisis? Just make sure the kids know how to reload AR mags (hint, stripper clips and a doorframe help), and the spouse knows how to empty them. Problem solved long enough for you to fight your way back to the homestead.
Anything property left out in the yard, the looters (or "flash mobs") are free to take. Anything in the house, well their menacing presence inside my locked home represents a threat of death or grave bodily harm to me and mine, they'll have to fight for that.
I strongly discourage them from doing so.
Greatest distances inside my home are in the tens of feet. Past experience suggests my AR works well on a scale of many hundreds of feet. I suggest to the looters that the prospect of unsuccessfully ravaging my home is not worth the loss of their lives.
But it's just a suggestion.