WSJ:
In an age of high-tech, real-time gadgetry, it’s the decidedly unsexy ham radio — whose technology has changed little since World War II — that is in high demand in ravaged New Orleans and environs. The Red Cross issued a request for about 500 amateur radio operators — known as “hams” — for the 260 shelters it is erecting in the area. The American Radio Relay League, a national association of ham-radio operators, has been deluged with requests to find people in the region. The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for hams to help with its relief efforts.
(Via Hit & Run.)