Boing Boing: Katrina: Astrodome blocks FCC-approved emergency radio (update)
Boing Boing: Katrina: Astrodome blocks FCC-approved emergency radio (update)
After waiting over 5 days since the radio volunteers received official the official go-ahead from the FCC to build their station, a senior staffer for the Harris County administration of the Astrodome abruptly stamped ‘Denied’ on a piece of paper.
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Imagine that! They don’t want the folks they have incarcerated inside to have ANY news. Keep them in the dark and they will be more passive. Let them see just how BAD the gov has screwed up on this one and things just might get out of hand…
My take on this is – Fire that sucker up and run it illegal…