Sheep and Security and Revolting Peasants

[Owen Blacker]

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This happens even on smaller scale emergencies.  I still remember
quite strongly trying to get hold of my boyfriend after the Soho pub
bombing (I knew he'd be in the area at the time, I was still in the
office).

It was a very scary half hour before he could get from Soho to
somewhere where he could get a mobile phone reception (Bank, as it
happens!) -- there was no signal in a large chunk of Central London
for several hours, ISTR friends mentioning...


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Quentin Campbell [mailto:Q.G.Campbell@newcastle.ac.uk]
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 12:25 PM
> To: ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Sheep and Security and Revolting Peasants
> 
> 
> [deletia]
> 
> I seem to recall that in the immediate aftermath of the Oklahoma
> bombing the cells in the vicinity of the blast became blocked for
> hours by the volume of calls from worried relatives, press and the
> curious public.  
> 
> This seriously hampered the coordination of emergency services so
> temporary cell-type mobile comms facilities were set up by a group
> of Radio Amateurs and others who provide back-up comms support
> during civil emergencies in the US (the equivalent organsiation in
> the UK is RAYNET I believe). 
>  
> Quentin

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