My friends I still keep the very old-fashioned AT&T land line plugged into the wall. It costs an extra $35.00 per month. Both Elena and Luah object to this expense as a waste.
I remind them of a bad storm or typhoon (hurricane for you people in the south and east coast.) Power was down for more than a day. Most disturbing is that the cell phone towers went off line without power. (There is a lot of pressure to put back-up generators in each cell phone tower just as hospitals have back-up generators. The cell phone companies resist making this large expense.)
The best line from the 1979 movie Alien was as follows:
"In space no one can hear you scream."
If a big storm or earthquake hits and you are out of power for days, how do you call for help if someone is severely injured, having a heart attack or a stroke, etc.?
If you're one of the few people like me with a satellite phone,you might be able to make a call if you still have power in your battery and the sky is clear enough to pick up a satellite. Your only other option is the good old-fashioned land line not so heavily dependent on electric power.
My AT&T land line developed problems. A great tech named John Lee came out yesterday. He replaced the phone jack and a defective cord to the fax machine. Now our emergency life line in back "on line."
I remind them of a bad storm or typhoon (hurricane for you people in the south and east coast.) Power was down for more than a day. Most disturbing is that the cell phone towers went off line without power. (There is a lot of pressure to put back-up generators in each cell phone tower just as hospitals have back-up generators. The cell phone companies resist making this large expense.)
The best line from the 1979 movie Alien was as follows:
"In space no one can hear you scream."
If a big storm or earthquake hits and you are out of power for days, how do you call for help if someone is severely injured, having a heart attack or a stroke, etc.?
If you're one of the few people like me with a satellite phone,you might be able to make a call if you still have power in your battery and the sky is clear enough to pick up a satellite. Your only other option is the good old-fashioned land line not so heavily dependent on electric power.
My AT&T land line developed problems. A great tech named John Lee came out yesterday. He replaced the phone jack and a defective cord to the fax machine. Now our emergency life line in back "on line."
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