The American National Red Cross has a communications and information systems infrastructure built to bring key data into areas ravaged by storms like Hurricane Irene. The organization also sends satellite trucks carrying 8,000 watt generators that can power small-site cellular transmitters in disaster areas. The two-way radios must be able to communicate over several bands designed for public safety, business and amateur radios, an official says. The Red Cross says it sheltered 27,000 refugees of Irene along the East Coast on Saturday night.”]
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