Guest guest Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 been quite busy. Off topic but I thought some of you would be interested. I've done certification with a bunch of wireless internet manufacturers. One company I'm quite close to yelled at me when Ike hit. Up here I've probably hit every adverse condition you can. So they co-opted me for tech support. I have some skills, its good to use them. The idea is rapid, mobile, low power, internet connections in disaster areas. First responders are not always techs. The equipment was donated, and when they get where they are going I'm here to help them set it up. We're doing either hughes.net or wildblue sat feeds into alvarion wireless gear. Low power , no strain on the generators. No actual copper wire involved. Satellite up and downlink, and then straight to wireless for laptops PDAs etc. Once these guys get it power, I can get into it from here and finish the config and then monitor it. I've got 8 up so far. Traffic on all is really heavy. So sitting on my couch in maine, I'm making a difference. No pay, of course. Chuckle. Might have to be my next project though, Small, self powered, internet feed straight to wireless. maybe design something you could just drop from a chopper. Anyway no time to read everything here, have to work to. Those safeties get you every time, service. I will say the guys I'm talking with on the ground, are saying you have no idea how bad it is there from the media. Real tension. Peace Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 My son-in-law went over to help in Galveston today. He said it is really bad. Lots of damage. Linda , merlin wrote: > > been quite busy. Off topic but I thought some of you would be interested. > I've done certification with a bunch of wireless internet manufacturers. > One company I'm quite close to yelled at me when Ike hit. Up here I've > probably hit every adverse condition you can. So they co-opted me for > tech support. I have some skills, its good to use them. > The idea is rapid, mobile, low power, internet connections in disaster areas. > > First responders are not always techs. The equipment was donated, and when > they get where they are going I'm here to help them set it up. We're doing > either hughes.net or wildblue sat feeds into alvarion wireless gear. Low > power , no strain on the generators. No actual copper wire involved. > Satellite up and downlink, and then straight to wireless for laptops PDAs > etc. > > Once these guys get it power, I can get into it from here and finish the > config and then monitor it. I've got 8 up so far. Traffic on all is really > heavy. > > So sitting on my couch in maine, I'm making a difference. No pay, of > course. Chuckle. Might have to be my next project though, Small, self > powered, internet feed straight to wireless. maybe design something you > could just drop from a chopper. > > Anyway no time to read everything here, have to work to. > > Those safeties get you every time, service. > > I will say the guys I'm talking with on the ground, are saying you have no > idea how bad it is there from the media. Real tension. > > Peace > > Don > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Blessings to you Don for your not so off topic service! - chrism , merlin wrote: > Off topic but I thought some of you would be interested. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 You're awesome Don, what a fantastic idea and service to those in need, I will say a prayer and send my love to the affected areas. You are a great example to us all. Love and HUGS elektra x x x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 my hero!!! Julie--- On Tue, 9/16/08, merlin <merlin wrote: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 > been quite busy. Off topic but I thought some of you would be > interested. Definitely nice to see someone doing something. I'm on the power side of the equation, though I'm not directly involved; I work for a private distribution and power transformer design, recondition and manufacturing firm and while we do not " donate " equipment we see a lot of business from emergency situations and have a small private fleet of trucks to get units transported around the country. It is of course not cheap but downtime is far more expensive to a municipality or metro area, especially, which makes us look like a bargain. Not that we'd ever hope for emergencies, but we fill a niche in this regard and indirectly have probably helped a lot of people. -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 That's terrific Don! You are such a blessing. Sarita , merlin wrote:>> been quite busy. Off topic but I thought some of you would be interested.> I've done certification with a bunch of wireless internet manufacturers.> One company I'm quite close to yelled at me when Ike hit. Up here I've> probably hit every adverse condition you can. So they co-opted me for> tech support. I have some skills, its good to use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 See? Don't even think about leaving Paula! You bring so much interesting information and personal thoughts for people to reflect on. Not that we need a continuous stream of durable building materials. No pressure... -Gabriel , " alayafire " <ari.reza wrote: > > Guys if you hear of anyone rebuilding , tell them about this product > grancrete. its very cheap, 10x stronger than concrete, waterproof, > and builds a house in a day dry ! the best disaster product i've > seen. > > http://www.grancrete.net/ > > proud of ya guys > love paula x > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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