Well fellow MoPocket readers, you will be happy to read that I just survived my first earthquake… and I am a bit shaken up (no pun intended). IDK about you, but the first thing I like to do when I am in a car accident or some other event that is upsetting, I like to call home and chat with my dad and apperently I am not the only one. No big surprise here, but after the 5.4 rumble, the phone system was maxed out.
Phones are somewhat working at this point, however the California Office of Emergency Services has issued a request for people in Southern California to cut back telephone use in order to free up the lines for emergency calls.
Spokesman Kelly Huston says the telephone system has been “maxed out” because of the volume of calls from people checking on their friends and relatives.
Some people apparently are dialing 911 for general information about the 5.4-magnitude quake. Huston said people should not do that.
