One of the amazing things about this disaster is that our modern technology is being used to locate people and find out information about people in the areas. There are several sites for computers and cellphone users who can use their internetenabled phones and send news, updates, photos and more to a server. People outside the area can access the servers and then search for people and information on them. The phone lines are down and systems are overloaded so calling into the area is impossible however the internet is functioning.
That. Is. Amazing!
I looooved being able to see the posts on facebook pop up so quickly. No one could call, but man wireless access was available!
ReplyDeleteInterconnectedness - very cool.
that IS great!! I remember after Katrina not being able to reach anyone that stayed in the area. It was bad because there was no way to contact anyone because cell towers were down and electricity was out. It was scary.I am glad you are still ok and that we are still able to read your notes.
ReplyDeletetext messages take about 1/100 th of the bandwidth that voice does,and static photos don't use too much either
ReplyDelete*grins* best available options