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http://www.wect.com/global/story.asp?s=3782910&ClientType=Printable Text Messaging Helps Hurricane Victims Communicate Aug 30, 2005, 10:39 AM AUGUST 30, 2005 -- One letter at a time Denise Kennedy demonstrates how she could send a life or death message into the heart of a hurricane. After a storm like Hurricane Katrina, it may be the only way to communicate. In many cases the phone lines are out, so people turn to their cell phones, but as more people dial up the networks can clog up and make it difficult to get through. That's when text messaging comes in handy Kennedy is a sales manager at US Cellular in Wilmington. She says you don't have to wait for the network to free up to send a text message. They go through quickly. "What it is, is text messaging goes through on a different level of cell phones towers, and it's able to send short message to make sure everyone is okay." Most cell phones are capable of text messaging, but it's mainly the younger generation using them. "Teenagers use it all the time. It's their main form of communication. Everyone else can do the same thing in a time of a true emergency," says Kennedy. Kennedy says virtually every cell phone company offers text messaging. With the hurricane season just reaching its peak, that's certain to reassure many more people caught in a storm. Bob Pyke Jr.,RN,NP [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The best journeys are the ones that answer questions that at the outset you never even thought to ask." Rick Ridgeway "There are certain spots in the world where you can stand that will change the way that you look at things forever." Pete Whitaker Co administrator Telehealth List Serve and E-health List Serve and roving editor at large. http://www.telehealth.net/interviews/pykebio.html _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
