-=> Quoting Brent Hendricks to All <=-
BH> The two reasons that I can state off hand for maintaining a "Phone
BH> patch" system is 2 fold. [editted]
BH> ..... Several senarios may make cellular phones UNUSABLE for
BH> emergency traffic. One of them being other motorists on the road
BH> during a major fire, earthquake, or floor will be calling 911 (In
BH> San Diego this gets routed to the CHP) or fammily members to check
BH> on thier condition. The cellular networks will be FLOODED within
BH> minutes of a particular disaster.
Here's a perfect example of that happening just recently.....
The ARRL Letter
Vol. 17, No. 13
March 27, 1998
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GEORGIA HAMS RALLY TO HELP TORNADO VICTIMS
Hams in the Gainesville, Georgia, area responded quickly March 20 after a
tornado ripped a ten-mile swath through northeastern Georgia. The storm left
a dozen dead and more than 100 injured. Members of LARC--the Lanierland
Amateur Radio Club--and Hall County's ARES organization promptly set up a
net on LARC's VHF repeater and set to work handling what Hall County
Assistant EC and LARC President Terry Jones, K4FB, called "a massive amount
of radio traffic."
[editted]
Jones said the tornado knocked out power, and cellular telephone systems
soon became overloaded and unusable. No telephone service was available in
the affected area,
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Stafford, W6ROD, President; David Sumner, K1ZZ, Executive Vice President.
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