At 01:22 AM 10/24/2007, William Brandt wrote:
I had heard about this as well. What is also interesting is that 
terrestrial radio no longer figures in
as a method to relay a message. In some communities without
the reverse 911 technology, the police have had to drive thru with 
bullhorns announcing mandatory
evacuations.

Neil

>I like to listen to a London FM station on the Net (of course) and I 
>was surprised that it was even in their news.
>
>This morning I am commuting to work and was surprised to see a mile 
>long military column heading south on I5 - I then realized that they 
>were probably National Guard heading to the fires.
>
>I called a friend in San Diego - he lives by a canyon that is close 
>to the fires but so far he hasn't gotten the word to evacuate -
>
>He said something interesting in re communication - They are using a 
>"reverse 911" and a computer will call 10s-100s of thousands of 
>people in a designated region with an order to evacuate if they deem 
>a region in danger.
>
>So far over 900,000 have evacuated from 12-14 fires in So Cal...
>
>And finally so many are in Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego - and I am 
>reading that they are served great food on buffet and they have 
>masseuses there to ease the tension of people - how California is that? ;-)
>
>Bill
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