(12 July 2012, 08:03)Carnebwen Wrote: While I'm not able to prep as much as you guys I have stocked up inthe last few weeks specifically because I am expecting some Shiz to happen at the Olympics. I think at work even though I am a couple of hours away from London we have some sort of back up/lack of leave should we need it and I can't see why.
If I was to close to it as it appears you may be, I would beg steal or borrow a motorcycle or mountain bike and keep it very close for the duration of the Olympics.
(12 July 2012, 10:31)bigpaul Wrote: (12 July 2012, 10:25)NorthernRaider Wrote: I'm tempted to go out and buy two more CB handsets for wifey and spoilt brat cos this cell phone reliability and security issue is worrisome, and I for one dont think all these banking and cell phone system problems happening now is a coincidence either.
isnt this why we have GHB's for just such an event?
this having to be in touch with people 24/7 is a strange thing to people of my generation, 20 years ago the only people who had mobiles where people who were self employed and none of the general public had one, these days i see people walking down the road with a phone clamped to their ear, i say to them " it can be surgically removed you know!
" but i never get a reply, there is an awful lot of "Dont make eye contact" these days
Yup thats true, but sadly kids because of stupid security issues are not allowed to take much if anything into school, including Cell phones, I Pads, Knives, torches, lighters, chemicals etc, so in the lads case his is struggling for kit. BUT more importantly for both him and wifey both are very often not able to access news feeds thus they rely on me for breaking news and SHTF warnings. As I pointed out before she was out of reach for 2 hours on 7/7 and neither had any idea anything had happened til i tracked them down. GHBs only work if you can actually contact your family member and tell them to react immediately. Since 911 and especially after 7/7 I have little faith in the cell system bveing turned on during a big crisis.
One of the problems reported AFTER 7/7 was analised is that many of the specialists that were required to attend the multiple crime scenes could not be contacted cos the authorities in London shut down many of the cell systems just incase more bombs had been set.
(12 July 2012, 10:31)bigpaul Wrote: this having to be in touch with people 24/7 is a strange thing to people of my generation, 20 years ago the only people who had mobiles where people who were self employed and none of the general public had one,
Twenty years ago we only had to contend with a few dozen IRA terrs and they generally issued warnings about the bombs ( not always though) Today we have possibly thousands of jihadists wanting to kill us and they dont issue warnings.
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