Tsunami disaster

The tragic incident of the 2004 tsunami is a good example of presenting information in different ways. Many people queued up at internet cafes in order to be able to e-mail loved ones to tell them they were ok, the phone lines were jammed, as some many people were trying to contact others, also, there was a lot of text messages sent. This enabled them to share the information quickly, E-mails were delievered straight away to the reciever, phone calls were constantly being answered and also, text messages worked better than ever before, people were sending messages which would wait in the message centre until there was a break in the lines for the message to send, getting the informtaion to their family and friends as soon as possible. More money was raised over the internet by the public in different countries, than all the money the government's gave, this an amazing achievement. Organisations and indiviuals all concentrated hard on trying to raise as much as possible to help Asia deal with its horrific tragedy. Modern Communication Services were used rather than the old ones because they are more efficent and once you have sent, people do not have to worry so much as to whether the person has recieved the message, as they recieve it as soon as there is a free space in the lines. I think all of the services were very effective during this incident and helped the Asian community significantly and certainly fulfilled their prupose. Due to all the help of the internet and phone lines, people of Asia and tourists were able to tell their family's and friends they were ok. Also, One of the hospitals was taking pictures of every patient and uploading it to their website so that they could let people know they were safe and this resulted in a woman in Sweden recognising that her 2-year-old nephew was on the website and therefore she was able to help. This is just one story to tell that reflects the Modern Communication Services are very good and fulfil their purpose.