On Thursday or Friday I heard how Verizon was getting "cow"s and "COLT"S 
into New Orleans and other sites. Those are Cells(?) on Wheels and C's on 
Light Trucks, which are portable towers which they can get into a site on an 
emergency. We forget that after the signal gets to the tower, it requires 
power to be boosted to the sattelite or the next tower. It seems that with 
fiber optic cable they also need an independent electrical source, unlike 
the old copper  telephone lines which had their own source of power which 
could last up to weeks after a storm.

However, the idea of sharing with people in the shelters so they can try to 
reach relatives is great.

I bet Verizon and Celluar One and the others have donation sites also.

Mary Kirby
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From: "Tammy Espaillat"
> Bummer... I didn't think of the towers. I have 4 phones I can send, but
> maybe we can send them once the towers are up again? Although, I gather
> cellphone use is not of utmost importance considering the lack of food and
> water. May God be with them all...



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