Why we studied to become licensed operators

Having lived at Pepperdine University in Malibu for a over a decade, we observed that our environment contained some things that we hadn’t seen as much when living in L.A., Pasadena and Burbank. Aside from deer, pumas, sage, sand and sea some of the more notable features were more variable weather than in the basin and valleys, and more frequent power outages… and more disasters like fire and mudslides. The fire and power outages tend to put your communications down at times – we don’t have a telco powered land line and after a while the batteries in the cell towers deplete and your comms are out. Just one of those things that happens for a few hours every few years. But what if they were out for days and weeks?