I remember that Christmas/Solstice outage very well. ;) We were without power for 3 days with no way to run my Telescope. Soooo, the first thing I did when the lights came on was run down a 15K generator. 15K was a waste so I down sized it to 8K which will run the house, shop and telescope battery charger. Our hard wired phone worked great. I took a spare phone to my neighbor, an elderly widow so she could order a pizza. Merry Solstice! ;) Quoting Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com>:
I have ONE wife, one teenage daughter, and high blood-pressure.
Widespread disasters will be in the minority compared to what I'm talking about. People with home medical equipment that may fail during a power outage, for instance. Or a power failure lasting for days, similar to the one of Christmas time a couple of years ago. It won't matter much if the disaster is sufficiently large. That's why I said each person has to weigh the cost vs. their particular needs.
On 8/2/07, erikhansen@thebluezone.net <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
I don't know i have never tried it, they get touchy if you call without an emergency. It is supposed to work differently when you type 911, if there is any cell phone service by any carrier in the area. I am sure that it is an FCC Regulation, including deactivated phones. Little consulation if you call and it does not work, but a least someone will get rich from the lawsuit.
I wonder, is Chuck admitting he is a polygamous?
Erik
I might be wrong Erik, but don't you need signal bars to make a 911 call?
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