Digital TV -- a threat to National Security?

[jhetley]

Amusing (sorta) conditions for the noon news.  Digital reception was shitty, with so many dropouts and freezes that the information content approached zero.  Analog reception on the same channels remained usable.  Since TV represents a major communications system for emergency situations, this may be a problem in the future.

(A couple of stations are off the air, both analog and digital signals.)

In the actual news, I did extract the information that somewhere in excess of 500,000 people are without power in Maine and New Hampshire.  Since I am posting to LJ, we do not seem to be numbered in that statistic.

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[(Anonymous)]

We lucked out here on the coast with the surge in temps. Last night before bed, everything was coated with a good amount of ice, and this morning it was in the upper 50s.

Kristen

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Rain has stopped, and we have vaulted up to 50 F. Since I just finished clearing the driveway, maybe the surface will warm enough to avoid black ice overnight.

[quilzas.livejournal.com]

Out in Brewer my friend's place lost power 3 times (that I noticed).

I had stopped by my place this morning in town.. no power loss there. Not surprising given how close to downtown we are.. we rarely seem to get flickers.

[yuki-onna.livejournal.com]

We're powerless! But about half the island is and half isn't.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

We were without power aside from our emergency generator for much of yesterday. A friend of ours Nashua, NH is still without power, as are others in the Chelmsford/Westford area. PSNH projects they won't have power fully restored until Monday.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

News stories say that serious numbers of Maine customers will be without power for several days as well.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm hearing reports that say up to a million people throughout New England are without power.