Today, pay special attention to all the times you use a telephone (land-line or Wireless) and the Internet. Imagine also that your TV is off and your radio quit working, If you have a battery operated radio then you might be able to RECEIVE some communications that way, but this is it.
You might also have no mail service. In such a case, it is advantageous if you know some of your neighbors (who are hopefully also prepared) and you can communicate with them using small personal family radios. CD radios are also potentially a good way to communicate but you wan to be careful not to attract unprepared people to your location so they can take your supplies.
How would you cope with being cut off from the outside world?
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Rob,
Lost communications would be a big problem for many. I’m sure I could cope with being cut off from the outside world for a long time.
I would like to have a Ham Radio so I could get news and communicate around the world.
The big concern would be protecting your family.
Lynn Lane
Success Strategies For Life
We would communicate like the natives…using smoke!
Terry
http://www.terrytom.com
Rob,
Sound like Y2K bug revisited. But of course, you’re probably hitting the nerves of possible fallout of the world order.
John Ho
Numerology Expert Helps Understanding Personality for Better Influence & Persuasion
Hi Rob,
Are there any of those radios which you would recommend? Like with an Amazon Widget?
Good thing I don’t live alone. Being a relationship lady, I rarely live alone for long. And I don’t mean I am always BF shacked up. Just invariably I attract a roommate or relative or something. Just part of my being.
No generator with the apartment complex. Once I have the funds for a more remote cabin as well with some acreage, I could accommodate more of that there.
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
Single Baby Boomer Dating Success Expert
Very interesting! Looking forward to more info.
Keep up the thought provoking posts!
I’m afraid that no communication would be an extremely tough change!
Bert (alter ego- Mister P)
MisterP.org
BusinessAndMarketingMakeover.com/blog
Because Nobody Does It Alone.
I’m with April. Anything you could recommend getting?
It’s amazing how we rely on all these different forms of communication. What about a plan of action if loved ones are separated (school, work, etc.)?
Jen B
The Harwood Center – Tinnitus, Chronic Illness, Fears, and Anxiety
No communication would be hard to adapt to. Your ideas are thought provoking that is for sure.
Robert Martin
http://www.carbuyinghq.com
Oh no! A world of face to face communication! What is the world coming to?!
I do have a wind-up radio and a wind-up torch. Anyone got a wind-up laptop and a google backup on SD?!
Main concern for me would be keeping in touch with (and protecting) family.
http://www.martin-wright.com
I live in a very densely populated area, but it must be very different for those in rural areas.
Greg Dougall, http://www.gregdougall.com
It would be difficult. But, living right in the middle of one of the busiest cities in the world, at least there’d still be a lot of people around to talk to!
I have a tough time getting through 1 day without my email. Forget about going without a cell phone – I’ve turned around just on my way up the street to the store before because I realized I forgot my cell phone.
Lisa McLellan
Babysitting Services – Babysitters and Nannies
It would be tough to be cut off from the outside world. Probably, for a few hours, I could use my mobile phone (assuming the networks that support them were still up). After the batteries for the phone ran out, I’m not sure what I’d do.
Health, Fitness for Working People — Darryl Pace
I wouldn’t have a problem with it at all. I don’t spend time on the phone except to call my clients and let them know I have their garment done. That is less than a minute and I’m sure if something happened they probably wouldn’t be thinking about if I had it done. We do have a generator because we live in a rural area. That is reassuring.
Vicki http://www.bridalthreadshq.com
Rob, I hear that when communications are down sometimes (not always) a text message will get through when a phonecall won’t. Something to do with the amount of data sent? (Argh! More technical stuff for Keri brain noooo)
My little family have a few places we know to meet between their school and our home. Other than that we have a small radio. Not much at all really.
Keri Eagan
Anything Alternative
Not a problem. I used to spend several weeks every year cut off from most if not all communication. Handcrank radios are cool
Cleanse from the inside out, Katie
To be honest, I dont know but I do have a radio for an emergency
Jose Escalante
http://www.JoseEscalante.com
This is a valuable site on an important topic.
I have thought about this vary question and do not have a solution or an in-place plan.
This concerns me.
Marty
I can make do without just about anything . . . except the internet for now. If I had to I suppose I could go back to face-to-face communication, but that would be so old fashioned.
Expanding spheres of influence, Kate
Probably have to depend on your neighbors more.
The popularity of CB Radios may come back.
James Mason
BusinessAndMarketingMakeover.com/blog
This would be tough to do, at least for the first few days. After that I would think we could adapt, but being prepared would greatly ease the transition.
Steve Chambers, B2B Sale Trainer