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From: jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey M White)
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Subject: Re: Disaster Planning
Keywords: doom naysayers death destruction
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Date: 13 Nov 89 18:46:38 GMT
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In article <1371@wheaton.UUCP> djaggard@wheaton.UUCP (Deborah Jaggard) writes:
>
>The Postmaster General's suggestion for the shut-down of USENET lines
>during natural disasters which would be considered "emergencies," is an
>excellent idea.  It would provide more local power to the area in order
>that people can call relatives, and important news can be passed on.

  In theory this is probably a good idea.  However, I question how much 
difference it will really make.  After all, how many usenet sites would be
affected (i.e. trying to call into/out of the emergencey area)?  100? 1000?
Now compare that to the user population.  I can't see that amount getting
anywhere near a substantial amount.

						Jeff White
						University of Pennsylvania
						jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu