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AnneD

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83. Land lines are important.........

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 06:33 PM

Apr 2012

one thing I learned during Hurricane Ike...and thus any disaster. Cell phone communication can be easily disrupted. When the power was down for weeks, there was no cell phone service. We went to our friends that had land line to call. Remember, cells rely on satellites-satellites can be knocked out of commission easier than you think.

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