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 I've heard that Zello is an app that can turn your phone into a "walkie talkie" |
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| I'm certainly not advertising, and I haven't used it myself, but I'm hearing it mentioned as a hurricane preparedness tool. |
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9/9/17 7:57 pm
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I just heard about that on a hurricane preparation piece from a Miami news station on YouTube. The announcer said they found people during Hurricane Harvey using that app.
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9/9/17 9:22 pm
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bonnie knox |
| revuriah wrote: | | It works. My daughters have it on their tablets and I've got it on my iPhone. But you still need cell service apparently. |
Thanks, for that info. Yes, you still have to have network or Wi-Fi connection.
By the way, I hope you and your family are safe, too. |
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9/10/17 5:37 pm
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| bonnie knox wrote: | | revuriah wrote: | | It works. My daughters have it on their tablets and I've got it on my iPhone. But you still need cell service apparently. |
Thanks, for that info. Yes, you still have to have network or Wi-Fi connection.
By the way, I hope you and your family are safe, too. |
When I was first contacted by several people about the app - it became clear they do/did not understand how a mobile phone functions.
There is also a new water hose coming available that can provide water without being connected to a water faucet. 
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9/10/17 8:34 pm
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| bonnie knox wrote: | | revuriah wrote: | | It works. My daughters have it on their tablets and I've got it on my iPhone. But you still need cell service apparently. |
Thanks, for that info. Yes, you still have to have network or Wi-Fi connection.
By the way, I hope you and your family are safe, too. |
Still sounds like a cool toy, but it doesn't sound like it would be helpul if the power went off and towers went down. I think 911 works on phones that do not have service on them, but they still need to get a signal.
Can you broadcast to anyone else using Zello like a walkee talkee? If so, that's pretty good if you get stuck in the rubble underneath a collapsed building and rescue workers are using Zello.
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