HW R U? v/Wash Times--- Grown ups discover TXT MSGS...Duh its not just for HS Teens

Rita and Katrina are pounding home the idea that TxT Msg is the way to by pass clogged phone lines during a disaster. A suicide jockey gets through the perimeter and you have to get your team together w/a frost call...yead right. Good luck.


Telecommunications officials were urging people to use text messaging with cell phones.
'During Katrina, a lot of people were learning how to text message for the first time and what a useful tool it is when there is congestion on the network,' said Meg Frainey, spokeswoman for Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp.
'That's one way we contacted employees with critical information during Katrina and it's part of our preparation for Rita as well.'"