Police radios in DC silent after catastrophic multi-system failure. Eerie silence on all channels.Hope you don't need help in D.C. tonight.
Officers responding to calls using cell phones and thru text messages. Governemnt interoperability frequenies, set up for emergencies...
....aren't being used, so far as I can tell. Fire/EMS calls dispatched from surrounding counties. 9/11 circuits still work.
DC's digital hybrid system, manufactured by Motorola, is supposed to be secure and invulnerable. The seat of govt deserves the best.
Seems as if police are able to respond to calls fairly quickly using improvisations, but there is plenty of confusion.
Monday, March 29, 2010
The Finest Emergency Radio System in The Country Just Failed
It's a dangerous night in Washington D.C. Take a look at these tweets from Marc Ambinder:
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It is a good thing that this didn't happen on the weekend of 20th and 21st.
Scary.
This is really scary.. Hope it did not cause any serious problems that might have inflicted harm or danger to the lives of people.
There should have been more preventive measures to avoid this from happening again
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