[opendtv] Re: Broadcasters and public service
- From: dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx
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- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:14:17 -0800
Want a real live diary of the problem of getting Diesel fuel during a
disaster? Here is an example of someone's quest for diesel (and other
problems) during Katrina:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/2005/09/01/
This is only one day's post; I recommend one goes back and starts from the
beginning (click on "Calendar") and read at least the first two weeks. He
covers all kinds of issues including their ISP and other items. This guy
had most of his bases covered, but still ran into problems (including
FEMA).
Dan
Mark Schubin
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I attended the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters' annual
technical conference yesterday. It was devoted largely to safety,
disaster recovery, and emergency services. Bob Ross of CBS described
how many assumptions of recovery fly out the window in longer-term
situations. Refueling generators, for example, requires having someone
with a working pump to get the fuel into the fuel truck, which needs
fuel in its tank, to get to the generator tank.
In a Q&A period, a station engineer said he'd been planning on being
able to go 48 hours before resupply and asked it it was enough. Ross
said he'd better figure on at least seven days. A station engineer (I'm
not sure if it was the same one) said that small stations might not be
able to afford all the redundancy and off-the-grid supplies.
Unanimously, the panel (and even most of the audience) responded that
stations should pool resources and that TV stations should offer their
news teams to radio stations (which might more easily stay on the air
but might not have news departments). "This isn't about ratings," said
someone, "it's about keeping the public informed."
TTFN,
Mark
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