Saturday, January 24, 2015

This a row of typical houses in the village.  One thing to notice is the antenna mast at every home.  Everyone here has a VHF radio.  News of the village comes over the radio like if someone dies there will be an announcement over the VHF to inform everyone and to gather volunteers to assemble at the workshop to construct a coffin and make a cross.  Severe weather alerts also come over the radio.  On one channel you can listen to pilots of incoming planes alerting the airfield their landing times.  People in the village listen to that channel when they are expecting visitors.  All of the boats also have two way radios so they can announce a particularly good catch or to summon help if they get into trouble. 

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