[Scan-DC] Crash at MRB Airshow

[Todd S.]

Hi everyone, 

I AM from Washington County, MD ( Hagerstown), and we have a completely upgraded 911 system. The incident occurred in Martinsburg, WV, (approx. 30 minutes south on I-81). As Mr. Lawson stated so perfectly, officials just wanted to be proactive, as the "minor" earthquake the other week, devastated the two main cell networks to crash. Mr. Harper, please look at a map before knocking something. The newspaper (Herald Mail) is in Hagerstown, MD.Thank you for your time. I'm not trying to start anything, just clarifying.

Also, Verizon and AT & T, both have HORRIBLE coverage up here. Sprint / Nextel and U.S. Cellular are the predominant systems here, only people on AT&T are the iphone, blackberry folks, who are very unhappy here. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Harper" <brucebharper at gmail.com>
To: "Scan DC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 22:02
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Crash at MRB Airshow


> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Paul Lepine wrote:
> 
>>
>> Crash at Martinsburg Air show today
>>
>> Article:
>>
>>
>> http://www.herald-mail.com/news/hm-plane-crashes-on-runway-at-martinsburg-ai
>> r-show-20110917,0,1815287.story
>>
> 
>>From the article:
> 
> "Officials asked everyone in attendance to stay where they were and not use
> their cellular devices, which they said could interfere with emergency
> communications."
> 
> Huh? Either the reported misheard the announcement, these "officials" are
> from some other planet, or EMS in Hagarstown needs some grant funding to
> upgrade its systems so their services don't have to chat and text via
> Verizon and AT&T cellphones.
> 
> Bruce in Blacksburg
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