Hi Blast. I learned that from a blog that used to post hurricane people's satellite phone emails and twitters (he mostly posts about politics now).

My mom's a big worrier, despite having been through a few hurricanes herself. So I figured if she was able to read that there were no injuries, or major damage to the house, as well as us having clean water and non-perishables with a way to cook them, she wouldn't worry as much.

They were a few hundred miles away after TS Allison, and because they couldn't get through on the phones, she had my father drive her down to check up on us LOL