Modern technology...

[kengr]

... gets weird.

I just got off the phone with a friend in Aberdeen Wa. She was calling to try to figure out what exactly was going on in her area.

You see, the big storm that hit the Oregon & Washington coast over the weekend and is only now starting to die out had kicked out their power this morning. And even though they have a battery powered radio for emergencies, they couldn't pick up any stations that had any info.

But they still had phone service so they called me.

After some digging, I was able to tell them that their county and an adjacent county are without power, and there's no estimate on when it'll be restored. Mostly because *all* the roads into the area are either flooded, blocked by fallen trees or have downed power lines.

Ya gotta love it. Calling almost 200 miles to find out about *local* conditions...

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[kengr]

Well, I'm not sure what sort of local stations they *have* there was an item in the online Seattle Times that had a comment from the publisher of the local paper. Only one reporter made it in,

Part of it may be staffing, part of it may be that *they* don't have info.

And frankly, I suspect that a lot of the old emergency preparedness stuff from the Cold War has gone by the wayside over the years.

It's also possible that their towers blew down.

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[siegeengine.livejournal.com]

That is pretty cool. also scary. I hope they're doing ok!