Japan Mulls '911' Emergency Calls from Social Networks

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Japan’s disaster management officials are considering alternative solutions to emergency calls in natural disasters. A panel met in Tokyo for preliminary talks on the possible use of alternative web-based solutions such as Twitter, Yahoo, local chat lines and social networks.

But during large-scale natural disasters, such as the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan's east coast last year, voice networks often clog up under the dual strain of damaged infrastructure and a sudden surge of lengthy voice calls
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So instead of saturating one network, they can saturate 2.

Kudos Japan, well played. (<--- obvious sarcasm, for those with no soul)
 
I support this idea! Now, when someone's family member dies, they can blame Facebook or Twitter for having a part in a lack of prompt emergency response. It takes responsibility off emergency services and supporting agencies and shifts it to Mark Zuckerberg. :)
 
Isn't it pretty hard to saturate a network with instant messaging or browsing facebook?

Its an idea worth looking into.
 
because the last thing to ever go down in any natural disaster is power and internet service.

Japan needs to stick with that they do best on the internet -- poop, vomit, and octopus porn.
 
From my time in Japan, I have very clear memories of watching people absolutely not bothering to make any effort to get out of the way of emergency vehicles including ambulances.
 
Teenyman45 said:
From my time in Japan, I have very clear memories of watching people absolutely not bothering to make any effort to get out of the way of emergency vehicles including ambulances.
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I've seen that a lot in Seattle too.
 
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