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The months before the cataclysms, satellite failure will be sporadic, but enough to impact technology as it support lifestyles today. Land lines will be reliable, but cell
phones will not. This will be most disconcerting to the power brokers among the elite, who will find business floundering, stocks which have fallen almost to the
ground unable to be salvaged, and the reliance of the military on communications creating choas among those expected to protect the elite. These groups will be
screeching at each other, making shrill demands where no fix can be made. The little man, the common man, will fare better, especially if they are using short wave
technology. They will rely on this increasingly, and it will be old hand and familiar by the time it is needed solely, for communication at a distance from the site.
Computer networks will remain in place following the cataclysms in accordance with their structure. Any electrical appliance protected from damage will operate
after the cataclysms as before, provided a source of electricity is available. Networks are another matter, as there are many parts to the whole, and in the main any
breakage will disable the whole - the weak link theory in action. Networks relying on wires run over the Earth cannot be expected to be operational. Likewise,
networks operating by satellite bounce will find themselves with a problem when the satellites are torn from the skies. How then will computer networks operate?
We would suggest that short wave radio networks established by dish, not relying on satellites, may be a solution. From high point to high point on Earth, such a
network could operate after the cataclysms. And where the pole shift will affect land lines, which will be torn, and satellite bounce, as the satellites will be ripped
from the skies - short wave radio communication bouncing off the Moon or the ionosphere will survive.
Cloud cover does not much affect this short wave communication, today, so the murky atmosphere and low cloud cover will not prevent short wave
communication in the years following the pole shift either. The ionosphere will reform, within weeks of the pole shift, as this is a factor or the component of the
atmosphere. Like the separation of oil and water, which takes place after a bottle of salad dressing is violently shaken, the components find their level and
re-establish their relationship afterwards. The ionosphere will be lower, however, due to an overall loss of atmosphere which will only gradually be replaced, which
will require using a different angle during communication to achieve a bounce. Thus, radio operators should adjust to their changed circumstances after the pole shift
as they would in any changed circumstances today, using the same approach and choosing their techniques accordingly.