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In reply to the discussion: Why Cell Phones Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy - horrifying. [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)51. no one I knew in Hoboken had their land line working, but Verizon worked for most and
and after a few days if you went to the edge of the Hudson River and tried, you'd get reception.
The funny thing was, our local govt was sending messages via internet and robocalls. Foolish.
I know they have trucks with loudspeakers, only heard them once in two weeks. When the National Guard was looking for evacuees.
That said, people saw how bad the infrastructure was and really stepped up to watch out for each other, share help and information.
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In 2008 I supported the primary candidate that was against the mandate for private insurance
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#25
No. But think the point PrMaine was making is that voters share responsibility here.
skinnertest
Nov 2012
#45
DUers are very much aware that there are stupid people who vote based on their own hidden
pacalo
Nov 2012
#60
And that's only because the BP incident was a single, highly visible incident.
NYC Liberal
Nov 2012
#97
But Verizon and others are not racing to the bottom. I haven't seen competitive pricing in a while.
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel
Nov 2012
#103
For more than four days, my father and I were cut off from the world during and after The Storm.
no_hypocrisy
Nov 2012
#7
yeah, i was wondering about that. the article made it sound like there were things
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#13
Why am I getting the urge to throw this thing across the room against the wall?
dixiegrrrrl
Nov 2012
#66
that's another thing -- so many radio stations (non-amateur) are now run with
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#17
but a hell of a lot of people don't have them anymore. and i'm not sure it's a given
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#21
"Old tech" isn't more robust because it is old. It is more robust because it is more robust.
Robb
Nov 2012
#37
if you don't get around much, or are unable to work on the fly, landlines are great.
bettyellen
Nov 2012
#53
Even a generator equipped cell tower doesn't work when the generator's underwater.
hobbit709
Nov 2012
#27
Even a fully powered cell site is functionally dead without backhaul. Communication
retread
Nov 2012
#36
no one I knew in Hoboken had their land line working, but Verizon worked for most and
bettyellen
Nov 2012
#51
AT&T was out for 5 days after Sandy where I live, and I don't have a land line because
firehorse
Nov 2012
#56
large-scale freemarket fuck-ups may eventually swing the pendulum back to the left...
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#76
the most critical period during a disaster is the first few days. are you also on board
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#83
are you saying its free to plug it in and 911 will work? if you don't have an account?
firehorse
Nov 2012
#109
The first sentence is poorly worded. The OP really has little or nothing to do with
retread
Nov 2012
#112
the only thing that changed was americans got more surveillance, more prisons,
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#90
did you read the whole thing? they're in court as we speak claiming the government
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#101