[LINK] No cash for phone alert system

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 07:17 +1100, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> Tom's CB radio idea is probably perfectly suited to the remote dwellings.

Nope, it's codswallop - well, for fires at least. Maybe for other
reasons, other disasters, but useless for fires.

Fire moves fast, it makes it's own unpredictable winds. Even the firies
don't really know where it'll head next, or if they do it's with minutes
to spare. There would be false alarms by the dozen. Even if they always
guessed right, even if they had a Big Red Button that would magically
warn just the right people, even if the warning could be given say a
half-hour ahead of time, the warning would still be pointless unless
people were *already* prepared.

Better (and enforced!) building regulations, better (and enforced!) town
planning, and more education. They take a long time, and they are
difficult, but they will save a lot more lives than gadgets will.
 
Regards, K.
 
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