Hi ET, good question about the towers, depends on the network. Verizon has both battery backups and generators at their cell sites. Verizon was one of the only networks available during Katrina for example. AT&T uses battery backups good for 8 hours but does not have generators. T-Mobile I believe uses both battery backups and generators at their main sites, Sprint is very hit or miss with no backup or batteries only. AT&T has a big investment in a thing called cows or cells on wheels. They can roll a cow to a site that’s diminished or needs more capacity. You’ll see these a lot of the time during natural disasters or say in the parking lot of the stadium hosting the world series or some major event. They were for ever rolling them around San Francisco for a lot of the rock festivals. Verizon has some of these but fewer as they tend to over engineer the permanent cell site. Remember in earthquakes other things can break for example fiber trunks or the towers can fall over. Another thing, all the carriers have generators and battery backups on their central offices. Cable providers usually have batteries on the cable head ends and terminals.
Hope that helps. > On Nov 14, 2016, at 10:08 AM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Scott, > Yes SOS will be very wonderful but what I am wanting is ability to send > only texts to a specified group of contacts to say I am alright. Create the > text ahead of time then pretty much a one button process, something like that. > > The Red Cross Earthquake app does this but this function is buried in the > app and in a crisis, it will not be the easiest. > > Related to this, how do carriers manage the cell towers when they go on > emergency power? Can it be assumed that texting traffic will move? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > Without H2O there is no life! > [email protected] > > On 11/14/2016 3:01 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >> Yes you can, in the Beta 10.2 the SOS feature is enabled now just like the >> watch. Instead of pressing the button on the watch you press the screen >> lock button 5 times now and it sends a message with your location to your >> contacts defined under the SOS feature as well as alerts the authorities. >> So the button no longer re springs the phone I don’t believe now it’s >> dedicated to SOS functions. Download and install the beta 2 of 10.2 to >> enable this feature. You define the settings under settings, general, SOS. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >>> On Nov 13, 2016, at 7:04 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> In light of the 7.8 quake in New Zealand, I am again revisiting my desire >>> to develop some methods to touch bases with friends and family should a >>> disaster strike my area. >>> >>> One idea would be a way of sending a text message already composed to a >>> specific list of contacts. Is this feasible in iOS 10? >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>> Without H2O there is no life! >>> [email protected] >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >>> [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - >>> you can reach Cara at [email protected] >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> <Ancient_Aliens.vcf> >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <Ancient_Aliens.vcf> -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
