[grc] the relevance of local radio

[dragon]

Some of you may be aware of the wildfire in Alberta Canada that has hit
Fort McMurray and its suburbs. 80,000 people are being evacuated! As
cell towers either burned, or lost their network connection, there was
one thing that most all residents did in common... they turned on their
radios!

I just finished watching some news feeds, including several interviews
where people were complaining that they couldn't get any information
about what was going on because all of the radio stations were playing
music. There were even tweets about it from people that had gotten to
where cell signal was available. Reports seem to indicate that there are
some TV stations doing a better job but not many cars and trucks have TV
tuners in them. That means that when you are being evacuated and stuck
in traffic jams as the fire is jumping the road in front of you the
radio is your best friend.

...unless it is just playing music.

Remember to be relevant to your communities.

-Todd

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