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Just a sample of the videos that are getting out.
The primary method of communications, at this point, seems to be StarLink. StarLink has proven itself to be a viable solution to disaster communications. Enough so, that I will be getting StarLink for us, to use as a backup.
I’ve heard almost nothing good from the federal government. The last I heard was that Kamala is promising those people who lost everything $750.
I’m sure they will have to pay taxes on that.
Multiple sources have reported that FEMA has arrived and is confiscating goods and money meant for disaster relief sent by people. One posting claimed that if FEMA decides to, they can choose not to disperse that money, keeping it for the next minor disaster in a blue city.
If you are donating, make sure your goods and money are going to the people, not the government. Do your research.
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If true, this is truly despicable and disgusting behavior on the part of self-serving bureaucrats. We can come together to serve a common good.
The Politicritters will allocate resources for their own good. Government now exists to serve itself.
May God have mercy on us.
It is true. What’s also true is that FEMA can’t *and won’t* get their people into the hardest hit areas. Now, I understand they have a mandate not to cause more problems by getting their own people stuck… but they’re also stopping people who’ve volunteered to be in harm’s way. THAT I have major problems with.
So much is wrong with how this is being dealt with. On top of all that, I’m seeing reports from people in place that there are many, MANY bodies that are washing up against bridge pilings and along river banks (some on “new” rivers created by the storm, and some on old rivers that have receded enough to have banks again). The body count at the end of this is going to be in the thousands, if not the tens of thousands.
I encourage people to go watch on TikTok and X, what people who are there are posting. The news isn’t being let in (and I’ve been told we shouldn’t blame the news folk, in this case, because they are being turned away and not allowed into any areas) so you won’t see anything on tv. Social media is the only way that the real news is getting out.
We just saw the movie “Leave the world behind”. Not recommended, the writing is lousy and the direction terribly slow. The premise is (I think, some of the time anyway 🙂 ) a cyberattack on the US resulting in blackouts, communication failure, and no GPS service. That includes satellite phone service, and one of the characters explains that those satellites talk to computers on the ground.
So yes, Starlink is a great backup that doesn’t depend on local infrastructure, as landline telephone, cable Internet, or cellular service do. It still does depend on a whole lot of terrestrial infrastructure.
If you want to be covered in case of larger scale problems, ham radio is about the only answer, specifically short wave rather than VHF band ham radio. That will deliver long range communication with nothing required beyond a receiver and a transmitter. The main limitations are that it takes some training, a bit more training to get an FCC license, and it isn’t allowed to carry commercial traffic so it isn’t a backup for your Internet based business.
There are multiple types of “backup”.
In case of a localized failure, my first backup is my cellphone attached as a modem, NOT a hotspot. This gives me OK internet. Enough for working remotely, but not much more.
As soon as the cell towers are overwhelmed, this is not an option. We were getting SMS out, but internet via the cell was very spotty.
The StarLink is backup Internet access.
The HAM radios are backup for communications.
I read on another site that a private helicopter pilot was threatened with arrest for rescuing a woman from the mountains, he planned to return for her husband but was forced to leave the man to wait for the “official first responders “ to manage to get there by ground. Hopefully he makes it out.
There truly is no bad situation that can’t be made worse by government intervention and ineptitude.
The pilot had left his SON up on the mountain, and flew the wife down. The LOCAL FIRE CHIEF said they’d arrest him if he went back up. He said his son was up there with the husband, and basically said I’m going back up to get my son. They told him it didn’t matter, son or not. He would be arrested.
Make sure your blood pressure meds are handy:
https://myfox8.com/news/public-safety/emergency/pilot-flying-supply-rescue-missions-in-western-north-carolina-ordered-out-under-arrest-threat/
https://www.firehouse.com/rescue/video/55166376/sc-pilots-rescue-of-flood-victims-thwarted-by-arrest-threat