In reply to G8XYJ:
I read all the comments on the Guardian article because they were, on the whole, interesting and occasionally LOL funny. The most memorable was on page 2. It described what happened in the Netherlands when two transmitter sites failed - one was due to a fire. There was no means to tell a large part of the population what was going on. I recall that the Dutch government took the findings of the subsequent investigation on board and are building new long wave transmitter for use in emergencies. I imagine Britain will revert to town criers in such a situation - it’s the sort of fudged response for which we’re famous.
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David
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