21st century disaster tips you won't hear from officials

Prepare for Hurricane Ike. This video introduces a series of "21st century disaster tips you WON'T hear from officials," by homeland security and disaster management strategist W. David Stephenson. The tips tell you how to use personal communication devices and apps you use every day -- and will use in a disaster whether or not officials want you to -- to communicate with family and friends, and perhaps even to relay critical information to officials, without making a bad situation worse by, for example, making voice calls to let your family know you're ok

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• hurricane
• Gustav
• disasters
• homelandsecurity
• wireless
• emergencies
• earthquake
• tornado
• flood
• terrorism

[U1T001]

In my view the first thing to do is to have situational awareness'(being aware of what is happening around you, and how information, events, and your own actions and decisions will affect your chances of survival, both now & in the near future):

Question No.1: What is going on?

Q2. How far will this go?

Q3: What to do? etc.

The questions that you may NOT waste your time with are:

Q1: Who is to blame?

Q2: How to make a 'para Internet' connection to the neighbor?

Q3: Who this neighbor could be?

[chriscarter2010]

hi david. fab info on intertnet comm. thanksa lot. also dont pay attention to some idiots who have no appreciation for life-saving info. pls also advice what is the communication range???? would be a good thing to know. thanksa lot,  chris

[SugarFreeTargets]

Seems like something I would get a virus on. lol

[RedClady778]

I never would have known or guessed! Interesting & Valuable~

[renotuff]

omg bro, thats really intresting , about the internet, i could really use that

[aacce31812]

Why are there so many earthquakes in the recent years is it just random or is something happening to the earth

[idontlikeu07]

make a bug out bag, if they get to you before you can bug out, shoot as many of the fuckers as you can, and your neighbor can get the rest.

[blackphonetic1]

we want you to know that we control everything and soon we will be locating you and your loved ones, and sending you to a FEMA camp to be processed then incinerated.

Thank you.

[BayAreaCBradio]

@vivaloriflamme That all depends on the application. If you want a simple radio/antenna setup for emergency use, I would recommend an "Emergency CB Radio" made (but discontinued) by several manufacturers. They come in a small box with everything you need to set up in your car (magnetic antenna, cig lighter plug, & radio) and can be found for under $20. They have a reliable range of 2-5 miles in normal conditions, and can reach up to 15+ miles with some elevation and optimal conditions.

[vivaloriflamme]

@BayAreaCBradio

What's the best CB to buy?