On 10/12/2016 8:15 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-10-12 8:11 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> I don't have a landline, and the first thing I found was that the
>> cell phone service was out, too.
>>
>> Interestingly, you could still text.
>
> You could text.... but did the message actually get sent?
> I had a flip phone that could be on standby for 5-6 days and still
> have juice. Now I have a smart phone and I am lucky to get a day out of
> it without running low.

Yeah, I started getting texts from family and was able to respond.

My phones were charged up, it wasn't a problem, and I had chargers
you could use in the car, too.

nancy