Internet access and disasters (Score 2, Insightful)

A few posts here seem to miss the importance of internet access in disaster recovery. The only way we could apply for FEMA aid was through the website(which crashed every other time we logged on). The phone lines(which mostly never went down) were clogged for weeks and probably still are.

Getting in touch with friends and family, receiving information on the extent of the disaster and applying for aid make access essential.