Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!mvac23!thomas
From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Disaster Planning
Message-ID: <95.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP>
Date: 29 Oct 89 22:32:50 GMT
References: <35944@apple.Apple.COM>
Sender: usenet@udel.EDU
Reply-To: mvac23!thomas@udel.edu
Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A.
Lines: 33

chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
> I know of a number of people and groups who did this. If you simply shut
> down the nets for the duration, you've immediately cut off information flow
> from Inside to Out (and in the other direction). A single message on USENET
> saved me a hundred phone calls by letting me broadcast status information.
> Seems like a good tradeoff.

over on the Bitnet mailing lists, QUAKE-L and HELPNET (from
listserv@ndsuvm1.bitnet or listserv@vm1.nodak.edu), someone posted an offer
to create a list of people who agree to (attempt to) report to the rest
of the group, and others by e-mail and take requests in the event of an
emergency in their area.  The list is being compiled by zip code (or
postal code for non-US).  So rather than sitting back and talking about
it, someone is actually trying to put something in place.

A lot of the call attempts (as has been noted) were of relatives trying to
call in and out and reassure families of well-being.  Between using amateur
radio and e-mail (if people knew about it), I bet we could keep traffic
down a bit.  Keep the networks up and use that bandwidth to its fullest!

Of course amateur radio is at an advantage because 1. they often have
battery-powered devices and generators to run them as well, and 2. they
practice (test) a lot!
                         - tom
--
internet     : mvac23!thomas@udel.edu  or  thomas%mvac23@udel.edu
uucp         : {ucbvax,mcvax,psuvax1,uunet}!udel!mvac23!thomas
Europe Bitnet: THOMAS1@GRATHUN1
Location: Newark, DE, USA                          
Quote   : Virtual Address eXtension.  Is that like a 9-digit zip code?

--
The UUCP Mailer