[EAS] {Spam?} Re: Earthquakes on EAS?

[JGabb at aol.com]

Our problem in the Bay Area during the Loma Prieta Quake was power was shut 
 off in SF proper for fear of gas leaks. The 2 providers of internet were 
ATT and  Comcast and they had almost no back up power. Land lines did work 
but were  totally overloaded.
 
Jim Gabbert
Chair CA SECC
 
 
In a message dated 2/24/2011 6:52:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
k7cr at blarg.net writes:

Interesting that you mentioned that - As I recall, the Internet was  alive 
and kicking, put all those telephones were not - All having to do  with 
their 
'concentration ratio'.     Also working with  conventional 2-way radio, ham 
radio and, for the most part, radio and TV  stations.

A funny item - Right after this Quake I was contacted by  AT&T - They 
wanted 
to lease space at our West Tiger Mt site for a 4  channel, 450, trunked 
radio 
system for use by their  technicians.   Apparently they had always thought 
that they'd  use Cellphones to dispatch techs to trouble spots.....That is 
until the  Nisqually Quake - The suddenly found out that everyone was 
trying 
to call  home, friends etc on the phone and the whole system crashed.   
Give  
this guy a real smile.

My experience in Nola was similar - The  Internet and other systems like 
this 
were amazingly robust.

With  all that being said - It appears that the Internet will indeed go 
down  
with major cable breaks during a quake.  However most of the failures  of 
it 
are due to back hoes etc.

cf


----- Original  Message ----- 
From: "Barry Mishkind" <barry at oldradio.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:27  PM
Subject: Re: [EAS] Earthquakes on EAS?


> At 12:06 PM  2/24/2011, k7cr wrote:
>>What you have after one of these is a rather  complete communications
>>meltdown.   Land line and  Cellular phones become instantly useless,
>>power outages are often  widespread and there is a citicial need to
>>get 'official ' info  into the hands of the citizens.
>
>        You  mean like asking the public to
>        check the  Internet for information?
>
>         <g>
>
>
>
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