This is in from smart-mobs:
Phone companies used call patterns to track down mobile phone users in Sri Lanka, then sent SMS messages to the phones and got 2,321 responses. One response led to 36 stranded Britons, and several others have been tracked down, inlcuding some who didn't know exactly where they were. [Link]
CASE (2) - Kenya:
This is from reader Patrick Hall:
Hoteliers in Kenya have accused the government of failing to alert them on the tsunami. Ms Lucy Karume, general manager of the Indian Ocean Beach Club, said hoteliers learnt of the waves approaching Kenya through phone text messages from friends and foreign missions. [Link]
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