Get the tech right in an emergency
23 May 2017 · News · Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland
And get the facts right too!
Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland
This week, with the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester England, we saw another reminder - should we need one - of the benefit of rad...
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James really nails it. We train part-timers how to switch to the backup transmitter but that's 1920's technology. When the 35W bridge collapsed in 2007, it was on the cusp of social media BUT everyone still had their cells. The bridge was the most heavily traveled bridge in the state and at 6 pm, there were 20,000 people at a baseball game 1/2 mile to the south and 50,000 students were at the University, which was 1/2 mile to the north.
I had dinner, checked my email and my client in Greece had messaged to ask if I was "all right". I knew something had happened. We went to the state of a post-apocolypse zone in about 60 seconds. All cell service crashed. People were using payphones to call and let loved ones know they were safe.
And that's what Radio can do. Fill in the gap when there is a loss of communications. But you need a plan first.