Twitter, texting useful for disaster communication

Text messaging, Twitter and social networking Web sites could help families stay in touch in the wake of a disaster, a national safety group working with the government said Tuesday.

The Safe America Foundation announced a national campaign to train families about alternate ways of staying in touch if traditional communication methods are not working.

[via Cellular News]

In emergencies, text messaging has been recommended for years instead of voice calls, enabling the people who need to make voice calls the most - emergency responders and 911 callers - can get through more easily

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