The amateur radio operators preparing for the worst. There’s a sense of urgency in the air at a Virginia nuclear power plant. Everything within at least a five-mile radius is at immediate risk due to a critical meltdown. One of the emergency responders opens the envelope she’s holding, scans its contents, and announces the bad news: “We just lost 911 and the cell towers are overloaded.”
There are some groans, but the team of amateur radio operators knew this was a possibility, and they’re prepared. They have their radios at the ready to coordinate evacuations, making sure that no shelters are overwhelmed and that evacuees arrive at the right locations. Two detach themselves from the rest and make their way over to the lead coordinator. They’re acting as the points of contact for all emergency services, which means they’re responsible for relaying information about everything from fires to urgent medical care to illegal activities….
David Ryeburn VE7EZM and AF7BZ says
I don’t know if you have alternative sources for links. The two links at the top of today’s web page cause my computer to give me the following message.
“Please install the latest Adobe Flash Player Plugin to watch this content.”
Those of us who value the health of our computers, and our own mental health, have some time ago wiped all traces of Adobe Flash from their computers. If you haven’t done so, I urge you to do so immediately. It is a bit of a search and destroy mission because Adobe leaves Flash detritus in all sorts of places on a Mac, and I suspect it does so on Windows machines too. HTML5 can be used instead of Flash, and indeed must be if web sites want to work on things like iPhones and iPads, which do not have Flash, and on which Flash is uninstallable.
Dan KB6NU says
Unfortunately, there are no alternate links. It’s interesting that both videos use the same URL to serve the video, http://up.anv.bz/latest/anvload.html?key=xxxxxxx. Looks like this company runs a video server for TV stations.
RickB KA8BMA says
I had no trouble viewing video at both links, in your latest post, using Chrome on my Android tablet.
I found the Special Ed video particularily inspiring.