If you are embracing for Hurricane Sandy, you will probably want prepare not only your home but your cell phone and smartphone. The most important thing to remember is to text during a disaster if your voice phone calls are not going through.
Text messages use very little data and may be the best and easiest way to get your messages to your family and friends.
The way cell service works is that the cell towers in your area look for your cell phone in the area where you were last. At most times, cell towers looking for you, don't get overloaded. However, in a disaster the towers have trouble finding you.
Here are favorite cellphone and disaster tips/reminders:
Subscribers on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile can donate $25 to the American Red Cross Hurricane Isaac relief efforts by texting the word “DONATE” to 90999. Verizon subscribers can donate $10.
Verizon Wireless released a video showing how the network was prepared for the massive fire in Colorado in June.
