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I found that I was starting to go on a potential soap-box or rant with my last post on this subject, so I decided to continue it instead.
If you didn’t come across that post, CLICK HERE to read it.
When you are in a SHTF or any other emergency situation, it is vital to be able to coherently share information. The most immediate example I can think of is communicating information when you call 9-1-1. In that situation, you can’t explain a situation in hashtags, emoji’s, or text short-hand. You have to be able to speak in clear, human sentences.
This ability is also very important should you be in a situation where you are tasked with re-building society. Your ability to coherently share your thoughts and ideas could be paramount to the task at hand.
However, there are situations where you may not want or be able to speak. In those instances, you must be familiar with those languages:
- Smoke signals
- Morse Code
- Hobo Code
- Sign Language
- HAMM radio
- Ciphers
- Military Tactical Communication
Since we are so accustomed to email, texting, and other technological ways of communicating, morse code and hobo code aren’t widely used and your morse code knowledge is likely “SOS” and no more.
I first came across hobo code from an episode of Mad Men. Similar to morse code, hobo code has symbols that relate information – like the kind of people there, how to get help, things to be aware of. Now that I think about it, it’s probably more akin to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the Native American symbols. So familiarity with the Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the Native American symbols could also be useful as well since they aren’t widely understood.
If you had one, and were able to use it, a HAMM radio would allow you to communicate across long distances, but if the communication was in morse code, would you know what was being discussed?
Ciphers are interesting to me. I haven’t used them myself, but I like the thought of a “hidden message” – probably because of the various adventure books I read as a kid. However, if you are in a situation where communication is written and could be read by anyone, the ability to utilize a cipher in your communications could be a critical skill to have.
If you were in a situation where technology wasn’t operating (no power, no wifi) and the postal service wasn’t an option – would you be able to communicate or understand information in the above noted methods?
What other methods of communication would you use in a SHTF or emergency situation?
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