My poor cousin was going crazy on Tuesday after the earthquake. She was on Long Island, her husband and brother at work in lower Manhattan, her son and in-laws in Virginia near the epicenter. And she couldn't reach anyone by phone. I texted her, she tried to call me and was able to leave a voice mail even though my phone never rang and the call never showed up in my call history.

I just emailed her and asked for her son's cell phone number, and told her she could give my phone number to him and her in-laws. Hopefully it will never happen, but in an emergency if they can't reach her maybe they could reach me and I could get a message up to family members on Long Island.