Christchurch New Zealand Earthquake

[kenglish]

Anyone want to guess how KSL got the word about the Christchurch New Zealand Earthquake?

The KSL Monitoring Service at Midvale (aka, "my living room").

I just happened to be checking out the 16-meter shortwave band, about 5:15 PM (0015 UTC) yesterday, and heard the first reports coming in via Radio Australia. I quickly resurrected the part-time longwire antenna, and tuned in Radio New Zealand's live coverage on the 20 meter band.

So much for the folks who say "Radio is Dead", and the ones who say "New (Digital) Technologies are the ONLY way to go".

[kenglish]

Hmmm.... thought we'd at least stir up a bit of discussion about the National Disaster Plan to put all our communications eggs in to one basket.

[CAwasinNJ]

I don't think the old school methods of communication were ever really considered dead. I read that during the recent upheaval in Egypt people were using HAM radio, faxes, analog modems and all sorts of things to get around the internet being cut off. I don't think any of that is going to disappear. Become more of a niche technology? Probably. Anyone remember dialup BBS' from 20 years ago? You'd think in the era of the internet that they'd be gone by now, but you'd be wrong. There are a few still holding on.