Cellular South Prepared for 2009 Hurricane Season
Wireless Provider Offers Customers Emergency Communications Planning Tips
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Before the Storm
- Charge your primary wireless phone battery and secure back-up batteries and a vehicle charger in a dry, accessible location.
- Program emergency numbers and contact information for neighbors, family and friends into your mobile phone address book.
- Give your emergency contact information to those who may need it, including neighbors, family and friends.
- Track weather and storm-related information through the mobile web on your wireless phone.
- During an evacuation, use Google SMS and the mobile web to get news, maps and to find hotels.
- To find available gasoline supplies at the best prices, use the Gas Buddy mobile web link.
- Prepare a disaster readiness kit with items, including a flashlight and battery-powered radio with extra batteries, canned and non-perishable food, bottled water, toiletry items, pet food and supplies, medicine and prescription medication and copies of important family papers and documents.
During and After the Storm
- Place voice calls only when necessary. Limit your personal calls so that capacity is available for 9-1-1 calls and emergency responders.
- When possible, send text messages instead of placing voice calls. Text messages require less network capacity and are more likely than voice calls to reach their destination during periods of network congestion.
- Charge your mobile phone in your car during commercial power outages. If a car charger is unavailable, buy an AC adapter for your vehicle and you can use your wall charger.
- Turn off your Bluetooth, data connections, such as auto sync for PDA and smartphone users, turn backlight down to the minimum levels to conserve battery life. When the batter is extremely low, turn phone off unless in use.
- Camera phone owners can use their handsets to document damage to personal property, homes or businesses and use picture and video messaging to send them to insurance agencies or other contacts.
About Cellular South
Cellular South is a privately-owned diversified mobile communications company passionately committed to helping customers get the most out of their wireless devices and services. The nation’s largest privately owned wireless communications provider accomplishes this goal by providing the most reliable and advanced 3G nationwide wireless voice and data network, offering industry-leading family and unlimited flat rate voice, text and mobile web plans, and through its online and in-store Discover Centers, which give customers easy, simple and convenient tools, tips, advice and information on how to get the most out of their mobile phone. For more information, go to www.cellularsouth.com.
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