During the Asian Tsunami, the US monitoring station in Honolulu sent email warnings out, but many did not have contacts in the less developed parts of Asia to inform them about the inpending disaster.
There are many advantages of using email. Such as:
- It's fast to send and receive messages
- It can be sent anywhere in the world
- You can send attachment pictures, videos and more
There are also some disadvantages to using email to warn people in Asia. Such as:
- People in undeveloped area's usually wont have access to email
- People need to be logged onto a computer to access the email
Mobile phones proved useful also in the Tsunami, as almost all fixed-line local communications systems failed or were overwhelmed. People were able to send text messages saying they were OK.
Even sattelite television helped. Sky TV set up a ticker on its TV channel to relay messages sent by text and email by survivors of the disaster. BBC News website received 30,000 emails related to the disaster the day after it happened.
Source from: Edexcel GCSE in Applied ICT, AS Single Award book
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