When first responders arrived in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, one of the biggest dangers they faced was their inability to communicate with each other.
"I think Americans should be angry that we failed our responsibilities, partciularly after 9/11...many lives were lost, because first responders couldn't communicate."
Short article on MSNBC
However, this does raise the issue of mobile communications during disasters: a field being looked into, for example, by NYU's 'Centre for Catastrophe Prepardness & Response'
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