Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Urgent communication channels

[Muriel Kranowski (murielk]

We have an outdoor bell too, across the pedway from the CH entrance. We
don't ring it often, and I don't think it's ever been used in an emergency,
but it would certainly get our attention.
    Muriel @ Shadowlake Village

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM Mary Kay Doyle <marykaydoyle [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> Elderberry Cohousing is a small (18 homes) in a very rural technology
> desert. No cellphone coverage and barely usable internet. Less than half
> our
> members receive texts through Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones. Those that do are
> on an Urgent Notification group. But almost all residents respond to
> "urgent" emails. All homes surround and face our common house, which has a
> large and very loud bell mounted outside the entrance. We haven't had to
> put
> it to the test, but if someone rang that bell loudly for an extended period
> of time, I'm pretty sure everyone would come out and see what the ruckus
> was
> all about.
>
>
>
> Mary Kay Doyle
>
> Elderberry Cohousing
>
> Rougemont NC
>
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