Post by JustCallMeMommy on Sept 5, 2017 22:24:29 GMT
I haven't read the other Harvey threads, so my question may have been well-addressed already. Hurricanes take me back to 2005 and Katrina which was a particularly hard time for me. With Irma looming and the Harvey rebuilding beginning, I have had Katrina on my mind. The hardest thing for me - 160 miles inland with all of my family on the Coast - was communication. Most of the time for about 4 days after the storm, no one could reach us, and I couldn't reach anyone consistently. I kept trying though - I would dial, text, dial, text, hoping to get through, and it worked sometimes. My mom thought my brother and his family were dead for days until he managed to physically reach their house - and she didn't want to alarm me by telling me this, not knowing that I knew everyone was alive.
Anyway, I post this to ask if communication has improved in the past 12 years. I was glad to see friends posting on Facebook from Houston during and following the storm, so I feel certain it was better for some people. What did the TX Peas experience? Were you able to reach friends and family? Did cell phones work better than land lines or vice-versa?
Anyway, I post this to ask if communication has improved in the past 12 years. I was glad to see friends posting on Facebook from Houston during and following the storm, so I feel certain it was better for some people. What did the TX Peas experience? Were you able to reach friends and family? Did cell phones work better than land lines or vice-versa?
