For most people, their number one priority during an emergency
(whether it’s an earthquake, snow storm, hurricane, etc.) is
contacting their family and friends to see if they are safe. To
ensure that you get through to your loved ones, here are some
other tips that you can follow to stay connected: - Emergency
contacts – Maintain a list of emergency contacts in your cell
phone that you can call immediately without having to look up
the numbers. - Limit your non-emergency phone calls – To free up
cell phone “space” for the network try not to make too many
phone calls. If you do, make them short and brief so that others
can get through on the network. - 10 second rule – If you do
decide to use your phone wait 10 seconds between each call to
allow for the phone network to clear. Do not keep hitting
“redial” because it will clog up the network. - Stay charged –
Have batteries and car charger adapters available to recharge
your cell phone in case the battery dies. - Call forwarding – If
you have a land line have y