Enthusiast II
Yesterday morning started as a great day. Woke up in a beautiful location with bats flying overhead, the quiet gurgle of a nearby river, and a beautiful sky. We started a small fire to sit around while we made our coffee and ate some donuts. As we sat there looking across the valley, we say an odd cloud poke it's head over the mountain peak on the other side of the valley. And, something seemed a bit odd. I fired up my new drone and flew up above the trees to take a hyperlapse of the cloud, while someone called the ranger station. We knew the area had been close to a burn ban, and with the odd cloud, we wanted to be sure what we were seeing. Sure enough, after just a couple of moments, we were told to evacuate the area by the rangers because of the rapidly developing Bolt Creek Fire.
We never got an alert, and were lucky enough to be awake and in cell coverage - 2 miles up the road, and cell signal goes from pretty good to non-existent in the space of about 100 feet. So, what do you use to get weather, fire and other emergency alerts when you are out of cell (and possibly radio) range?
We never got an alert, and were lucky enough to be awake and in cell coverage - 2 miles up the road, and cell signal goes from pretty good to non-existent in the space of about 100 feet. So, what do you use to get weather, fire and other emergency alerts when you are out of cell (and possibly radio) range?
