My 4th Grade teacher read these to us and then showed up to school dressed as Mrs. Gorf. She stayed in character for an entire day, and it still amazes me .

Great advice. Thanks and glad you connected with your son!

Thanks everyone for the responses & kindness. I’ll pass along anything I can find to those in the same situation. I learned iPhone 14 & up running iOS 18 can use satellite to send messages. Hopefully this can help some people to communicate out from Asheville. support.apple.com/en-us/120930

Thank you! I will see if I can find that info. It’s been a long time since I’ve visited.

Thank you!

I’ll keep looking for ways on my end and will share w/you if I get lucky. Hope everything is ok for you and your loved ones.

Thank you! I’ll follow him for updates.

TY. I am pretty confident he’s ok as he lives in the hills just outside Asheville. We communicated Thursday night and he was concerned about a new creek that was forming behind his house. He work for a private utilities company, so I’m hopeful that connection has gotten them to a safe place.

I’m very glad to hear that for you, and your sister. I’m confident my friends are OK, but it’s always nice to know for certain.

One of the best things that happened was the retirement of the 3g networks. They didn’t want to fork over for a new one that was 4g compliant, so they started leaving me alone.