Alarm Bells (Duplicate suggestion rejected)

[Jeep Man]

In a lot of towns during the development of north america church bells would be rang to call a garrison of the church. What if you could build a bell in a building and ring it obviously tiring you out but the towns directly down the road woudl hear it thus callign reinforcments.

[wejdas]

That is a really nice idea.

An alternative would be building up a fire in a tower or on a hill, which would require wood and could be seen by nearby towns.

[Crosshair]

I like, but interlocational contact is a bit hairy... i mean, just use a radio... we have radios in Cantr.

[Sho]

This is not a new suggestion:

http://www.cantr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6211

http://www.cantr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3732

The radio was intended to satisfy the need for town-to-town communication.

[deadboy]

The difference between a radio and this is significant. With a radio the people can actually talk to the other town

with this the bells could mean anything, it could signal the start of the region games, perhaps it could be a signal for danger, it could just mean that a meeting is being held. People would have to sort out what the bells meant with other towns before using them.


I really like this idea

[formerly known as hf]

Bells for internal warnings and extenral communication have been suggested before, as has fire/smoke signals, as well as the suggestion for semaphore between towns http://www.cantr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1320.

Please use one of the relevant previous topics.