Yesterday I didn't post my blog. It was an usual day.
The day started out with Rogers Wireless going down. A relative has a couple of businesses and because in my working life I managed cellular accounts, he asked me to look after his cellular phones. Rogers did a software update and it took the system down Canada wide. It took hours for them to get things back working. Without a cellular connection, you can't text or call. Thankfully I have a landline, but most of the people who have cell phones don't have a land line! Getting in touch with them made it difficult. They are so attached to their phones! The network came back on slowly and was in full operation by the early evening.
After the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, the cellular system in New York was overloaded with calls. When it was repaired, the US Emergency Management Agency halted all cellular communications and turned the system into an emergency signal. I believe it was a few days before users in the New York area could get a signal. Warning to anyone who discontinues their land line. Should we have a natural disaster, the same thing will happen in Canada. Keep your land line!
I went into work at Maritime Travel early. It's been so long since I've been in the office. We are working on rebooking our South Africa safari from March 2021 to March 2022. It was actually rebooked to September 2021, but we still think that's too early to travel. We don't even know if March 2022 will be safe, but one can hope.
