[BC] New Orleans - a matter of responsibility?

[Mike McCarthy]

Because while many cell sites were down, more distant/inland ones may not 
have been.  Depending on location and the height of the cell tower, it is 
entirely possible to receive signal some miles beyond it's normal 
coverage.  Even more so if the caller is on a 2nd floor or higher.

MM

At 02:29 PM 12/2/2005 -0500, Rich Wood wrote
>------ At 01:17 PM 12/2/2005, davidgarland wrote: -------
>
>>The stations in New Orleans quickly pooled resourses and formed
>>"United Broadcasters of New Orleans."  I monitored WWL as much as
>>I could for the next several weeks and was very impressed with the
>>professionalism demonstrated.  They had many thousands of listeners
>>on the air describing what was going on in their neighborhoods.
>
>Hmm. I was told the phones were out - land and cell. Where did all these 
>calls come from? It's strange that the media said people couldn't call for 
>help, yet they could reach a radio station originating in Baton Rouge.
>
>Rich
>
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