09-30-2009, 02:24 AM
Re: Cell phones during a disaster
I was in Manhattan on September 11, 2001. When the Tower with the cell phone antenna collapsed, ALL cell phone service in Manhattan and parts of Queens, Brooklyn and New Jersey went out. The land lines worked. As a result, most first-respnders, who at that time were moving to depending on cell phones, changed the emphasis of their systems to include both.
An earthquake, hurricane or tsunami could easily take out antennae on the Big Island. Therefore, we should consider the need for some sort of land-line company to continue to serve us.