mike.lee

Dropping water from helicopters is a wonderful help - but a short term fix. We need solar powered water purification systems that use surface water and can be dropped or driven into place in the first few days of disaster. These stations must communicate and be on real time situational awareness dash board with status updates....location, filter status, amount of water available, water pumped....smallest units pump and ...more »

Utility companies are now introducing Community Solar Programs - paying roof rights for grid-tied solar installations. Put some on the Emergency Ops Ctrs - not for all communications and operations but for "minimum mission critical communication profile". When all gird goes down, we still have minimum profile working. MERS then knows exactly what to expect when they get to devastated area. The EOC will have 4.9Ghz ...more »

Generators are NOT the answer for Disaster or Emergency communications. Solar and wind can work, but must be designed right. Backup power for cell towers requires far too much power for common sense approach. Must define "minimum mission critical communication profile" for all situations. Who must talk? What frequencies MUST be up? Power those with renewable energy. We have single TRX base stations that run 22 watts ...more »