A Technology Report From A San Diego Fire Shelter

netbuzz writes "Retired journalist and mobility expert Jim Forbes is among the quarter-million San Diego-area residents driven out of their homes by the horrific wildfires. Forbes has taken the opportunity to 'fire blog' from his shelter and discuss via e-mail with Network World how his personal technology and the shelter's wireless networks are holding up under the strain. 'The shelter set up a dedicated computer room with an 802.11 a,b, and g network which worked like a charm. Lots of people brought notebooks when they left their home, so there was a whole lot of IM traffic in and out of the shelter. The local cell networks were subsumed by traffic early in the day so people were texting friends and loved ones a lot."

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Re:Fire Evacuees

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Is "people foolish enough to live and actively suppress fires in a fire prone area" a valid way of looking at the displaced people?

(To those who think I am just a giant asshole: As little fires are put out, the amount of fuel available grows. Eventually, when conditions are right(like right now), a fire develops that is too large to control. Then things get really bad. Putting out every single wild fire isn't necessarily good policy)