72 hours is not an issue, we can decrease it. <br><br>The real issue is: MANET doesn't work. <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Dave Crocker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dhc2@dcrocker.net" target="_blank">dhc2@dcrocker.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 9/19/2012 7:04 AM, Jon Crowcroft wrote:<br>
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on the other hand, the self-orgsanition of people during disasters<br>
will serve very well to build an opportunistic wireless net for<br>
the 3 days before more resources arrive.<br>
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I've been spending time in my local Red Cross chapter for awhile.<br>
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FWIW, while 72 hours is the official number, folks teaching the Red Cross classes almost invariably advise doing preparation for 5-7 days. Given a liter of water per person per day, that's an example of a very large difference in planning and provisioning.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Dave Crocker<br>
Brandenburg InternetWorking<br>
<a href="http://bbiw.net" target="_blank">bbiw.net</a><br>
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