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OK, heres the scenario: A storm plows through your hometown, knocking out the
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The local cell networks are both degraded by the weather and instantly overloaded
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power just go out? You OK?

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resilient, and limited, feature of your cell service: text messages.

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The Washington Post has a great post up about how to use Twitter, which was
originally a text-based service, without Internet access. But theres a lot more you
can do with SMSfrom Twitter and Facebook to email and search. Heres how to
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Heres something you may not have known about your phone number: It has an e-
mail address. Almost every carrier operates whats called an e-mail gateway,
meaning that you can send and receive e-mails via text.

Heres how to figure out your phones e-mail address:

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If youre on Verizon, its yournumber@vtext.com (as in 5551234567@vtext.com), or if
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If youre on AT&T, its yournumber@txt.att.net, or if that doesnt work

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If youre on T-Mobile, its yournumber@tmomail.net

(For other carriers, or to troubleshoot yours, check here.)

Now, to receive your e-mail via SMS, youll need to forward it to your gateway
address: Most e-mail services offer this for free in the settings page. Heres how to
do it in Gmail, for example. Youll have to turn this on before you lose Internet
access. So, like, now.

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To send e-mails via text, you can usually just enter an e-mail address instead of a
phone number. These same e-mail gateways work in reverse, meaning you can Dear Academy, Please Give Leo
either respond directly to messages forwarded through the gateway or send a new DiCaprio A Fucking Oscar
message by entering email_address@whatever.com in the recipient box in your
texting app. This works on many older phones, too, though typing out email
addresses on a T9 keypad will be a chore.

Its not the most graceful process, but it works.

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You can do almost anything on Twitter via SMS, which, if youre interested, you can
read about here. But in the event of an outage, there are really only two Twitter SMS
features youll need.

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To get simple updates from any account, set up an SMS Fast Follow. This does not
require your Twitter account, and will keep your text volume low. Just send Follow
[username] to 40404. (No @ symbol required.) This will let you receive updates from
important accounts, but wont let you post. Some suggestions and example for Fast
Follows, though yours will be location-specific:
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@fema
@twc_hurricane

To post to Twitter, follow these instructions from Twitters FAQ:

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-Send a text to your Twitter code [40404] with the word START. Choice Awards

-Well reply and ask you to text YES to the Twitter short code. More Buzz

-Text your username to the same number. Do not use the @ symbol or
quotation marks. Send your username ONLY. For example: larrybird

-Next, text your password. This is case sensitive, so be sure you are
sending your password correctly.

-Thats it! Youre ready to go!

You account can now be used with the whole range of Twitter text commands, found
here. A few important ones:

ON: turns ALL your authorized Twitter updates and notifications on.

OFF: turns ALL phone notifications off.

Otherwise, anything you send to 40404 will be posted from your account. (These
instructions only work for Verizon, AT&T, and affiliated MVNOs.)

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This used to be more functional, but you can still have Facebook forward you
notifications and private messages via SMS, as well as post status updates. You can
also respond to private messages, which is potentially valuable if you dont have
someones phone number but happen to be Facebook friends.

To activate Facebook via SMS, go to your Facebook account settings and click
Mobile on the left side of the page. Turn on Facebook Message forwarding and
Notifications. (You can customize which ones get through in a submenu.)

Once this is set up, you can also post a status update by texting it to 32665
(FBOOK).

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DruMcManus
EvenhereinTorontoCanadaI'vebeennoticingmyinternetconnectiondroppingin
andout.lotsofrainandhighwindsherebutnothingcomparedtotheeastcoast.
LikeReplyOct29,20122:36pm

ElenaG.WashingtonVirginiaCommonwealthUniversity
Thisisactuallykindofuseful.Thanksforthepost!
LikeReply 5Oct29,20122:36pm

AngieJantz
Stepone:openbook.Steptwo:readit.
LikeReply 14Oct29,20123:54pm

DavidSullivanSaltLakeCity,Utah
Whatarethese"books"youspeakof?
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MadelineWitherow
DavidSullivanIwouldntbeproudofsuchignorance
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EmmaCatherineLeCroyUniversityofGeorgia
MadelineWitherowyouknowhe'snotREALLYignorantofwhatbooksare,
right?
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ChristopherAlaimoHanger,grinder,mixer,stuffer,andtruckdriver!atUPSOntario
wait..iftheinternet'snotworking,howwilltheeastcoastersbeabletoreadthis
article?
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DannyFarrFurmanUniversity
Waituntilthepowerandcablecomebackon.
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RonnieUgulano
Googlehasshutdown466453.Nolongeroperative.
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