"brad" wrote in message
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SNIP

I'm sure you could have handled it better with your CB radio and cell
phone
that had no service.

Quoted from one of your articles:

"On Monday, Aug. 29, a call for help involving a combination of cell
telephone calls and amateur radio led
to the rescue of 15 people stranded by floodwaters on the roof of a house in
New Orleans.
Unable to get through an overloaded 911 system, one of those stranded called
a relative in Baton Rouge.
That person called another relative, who called the local American Red
Cross."


Sounds like they had 'CELL SERVICE' to me ......