Doyle Fire Department Selling Driveway Markers To Help Response Time
The Doyle Fire Department is selling driveway markers to cut down on emergency response time in rural parts of White County. Fire Chief Jason Sparks said valuable seconds tick away when responders have to search for an address that is not clearly marked. He said while GPS is sometimes accurate, it can take years before […]
Tech Prof: Solar Flare Can Impact Communication Systems
Could a solar flare reported early Thursday have caused an outage that affected some 70,000 AT&T cell phone customers? Tennessee Tech Associate Physics Professor Mary Kidd said if a flare directed at Earth is strong enough, it can affect satellites and cause blackouts to communication systems and GPS. However, Kidd said it is unlikely that […]
