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So I just thought this would be a interesting post to do.
I have been in a hurricane which had a tornado that was 2 or 3 miles from our house. We also had a minor earthquake. Then we moved and now we're are in the risk of a fire all the time. Oh and I have lost internet a lot.

I live in New Orleans, sooo... Floods and power outages and hurricanes, oh my.

Power outages are the dish of the day here. Every couple of days.

Power outages during storms for several hours, minor earthquake, and no Internet in Israel...

Power outages are my middle name.

I find it amusing that no internet is right up there with actual deadly natural disasters.

Miss Friendship wrote:I find it amusing that no internet is right up there with actual deadly natural disasters.

Well if your dog had a heart attack and you had no internet you can not call 911. See? Life or death situation.

Katie10 wrote:

Miss Friendship wrote:I find it amusing that no internet is right up there with actual deadly natural disasters.

Well if your dog had a heart attack and you had no internet you can not call 911. See? Life or death situation.

You could still call 911 if you had cell service.

Oregon is one of the most mild states in the country. Power outages aren't really even a thing here, depending on which power company you have. There's always the trees falling on the power lines but that's basically it. Oh, and the landslides. Those happen once in awhile, but even then it's just a localized thing.

Interesting. We basically just get tornadoes here in Missouri. Sometimes a flash flood but I've never seen anything big. The only time a tornado hit the building I was in was when I was a baby, but we get a couple bad warnings per year. Power outages are super rare here. We have one maybe every year and a half.

PennyBassett wrote:Interesting. We basically just get tornadoes here in Missouri. Sometimes a flash flood but I've never seen anything big.

Same. Glad to find another Missourian. We get a ton of tornados...

shnoodlec. wrote:

Katie10 wrote:

Miss Friendship wrote:I find it amusing that no internet is right up there with actual deadly natural disasters.

Well if your dog had a heart attack and you had no internet you can not call 911. See? Life or death situation.

You could still call 911 if you had cell service.

Your in the mountains with no cell service.

Katie10 wrote: Your in the mountains with no cell service.

Well, you'd have no internet either. And actually, let's pretend that you have Sprint but no service. There is a T-Mobile tower, though. It is federal law that if you make a 9-1-1 call, T-Mobile or whichever carrier is out there, has to carry the call. No charge. So even though your cell phone says it doesn't "have service", may be possible to make an emergency call regardless.

Kungfunaomi wrote:

Katie10 wrote: Your in the mountains with no cell service.

Well, you'd have no internet either. And actually, let's pretend that you have Sprint but no service. There is a T-Mobile tower, though. It is federal law that if you make a 9-1-1 call, T-Mobile or whichever carrier is out there, has to carry the call. No charge. So even though your cell phone says it doesn't "have service", may be possible to make an emergency call regardless.

Your on a top of a mountains no towers or anything no internet or cell phone service. Life or death.

Katie10 wrote:

Kungfunaomi wrote:

Katie10 wrote: Your in the mountains with no cell service.

Well, you'd have no internet either. And actually, let's pretend that you have Sprint but no service. There is a T-Mobile tower, though. It is federal law that if you make a 9-1-1 call, T-Mobile or whichever carrier is out there, has to carry the call. No charge. So even though your cell phone says it doesn't "have service", may be possible to make an emergency call regardless.

Your on a top of a mountains no towers or anything no internet or cell phone service. Life or death.

Wouldn't the top of a mountain actually be better for getting service? You'd think the valley would be the service-less part, since the service would get blocked by the face of the mountain.

Nope your on the tallest mountain in the world.