[EAS] NY Couple Dies

[Alex Hartman]

I don't think putting it into Morse would be hard, but who would listen?

I've heard of elderly people following their GPS units to the letter
and ending up in a river for a bridge that wasn't there anymore.
Turning into houses because roads moved, etc.

Relying on technology instead of using it as a tool.

--
Alex Hartman

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Bill Ruck <ruck at lns.com> wrote:
> This may be urban legend but got this report
>
> "In New York, an elderly couple's car got stuck in a ditch just 20
> yards from their home this week. They desperately tried to use their
> cell phone to call for help, but with no signal, the situation turned tragic. "
>
> http://phones.consumerelectronicsnet.com/article/New-York-Elderly-Couple-Dies-Lack-of-Cell-Signal-2028490
>
> No technology is perfect and intelligent emergency plans should have
> multiple parallel paths.  That's why I think CAP is such a good idea
> -- it can support multiple paths.  If I could find a CAP to Morse
> converter I could even put it on 500 kcs on KSM.
>
> Bill Ruck
> San Francisco
>
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