[opendtv] Read this one instead -- Louisiana Governor...
- From: "Hunold, Ken" <KRH@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:30:49 -0400
Maybe opendtv is trying to tell me something... Sorry.
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9/11 was unique in that, as devastating as the event was, its direct
impact was over a relatively small area. Outside of a radius of only a
few miles, the environment (including most media coverage, via cable)
was unaffected. This allowed scenarios such as what Mark described to
exist (TV viewing on what I assume was an AC-powered set.) Yes, a
picture might be worth a thousand words, but sometimes you only need a
few words to get a sense of what is going on. Maybe that is a
perspective built on the experience of three Blackouts in New York. My
personal experience with regard to communal radio listening on 9/11 was
as I walked north from near Ground Zero until I reached 14th Street.
Below 14th Street the city was closed to traffic.
Katrina wiped out power and alternate consumer telecommunications over
what I imagine was the total coverage area of local stations. Coverage
within that area and during that time would have been health and safety
related, I assume. I imagine that Broadcasters did what they could to
remain on the air with information, and/or return to the air as soon as
they could after their facilities had been damaged or destroyed. Again,
I wasn't there, but that's what Broadcasters usually do.
Regards,
Ken
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<mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ] On Behalf Of Mark Schubin
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:12 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: One more time -- Louisiana Governor...
Hunold, Ken wrote:
>I have no first-hand knowledge of what broadcasters in New Orleans are
>doing right now, but generally people tend to listen to the radio
>during disasters, not TV or cable.
>
My personal experience is the opposite. Of course, if there's no power,
people may have to use battery-operated radios (not too many people --
but a growing number -- have battery-operated TVs). But I rarely watch
TV in normal times yet am drawn to it in disasters. I find the screen
offers more information, both in text crawls and in
a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words scanning for details.
In my Manhattan neighborhood, starting on 9/11, a local political
candidate tuned a TV with rabbit ears to WCBS-TV, the only station on
the air, put the TV on the sidewalk, and set-up folding chairs in front
of it. The chairs were quickly occupied.
TTFN,
Mark
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Kenneth Hunold
Broadcast Applications Engineer
Dolby Laboratories -- New York
(212)767-1700 office
(917)679-7501 cell
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