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T-Mobile Offers Relief for Hurricane Victims

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the good-samaritan-or-just-good-publicity dept.

lilrowdy18 writes "Eweek reports that T-Mobile is offering free Wi-Fi to areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. This relief will be free until Sept 2 and an evaluation will be done to see if it will continue after that. The hot spots are only available to residents of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi and does not include phone service. The article also includes a link to a map of T-Mobile hotspots. At least we can use some form of communication to get in touch with loved ones."

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  1. OT: Good news by bersl2 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Army Corps of Engineers: water is no longer flowing into New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain

  2. Cingular Opens Free Calling Stations by digid · · Score: 5, Informative

    Cingular Wireless has set up free emergency calling stations at its open company-owned retail stores across Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana to help the many individuals and families who are without power and phone service due to Hurricane Katrina.

    Free phone calls to friends and family anywhere in the United States can be made at Cingular stores during normal store hours. The calling stations are available to anyone who simply needs to use a phone.

    The company has also set up a free mobile calling station at the Cajundome in Lafayette where thousands of evacuees are being housed.

    All Cingular stores will offer free calls as they open.

  3. Re:Useful corporate donations pouring in... by n6mod · · Score: 4, Informative

    Anheuser-Busch: $250K cash + 875K cans of water

    Say what you like about their "beer", Anheuser-Busch has a long history of switching their closest functional production line to canning water, and delivering it *right now*.

    After the Loma Prieta earthquake, the Red Cross barely had the shelters opened when trucks from A-B started showing up.

    -Z

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    You have violated Robot's Rules of Order and will be asked to leave the future immediately.
  4. Re:This is what t-mobile has by RapmasterT · · Score: 3, Informative
    Unfortunately I will not support the Red Cross in anyway. This includes giving blood. The Red Cross is one of the most poorly managed organizations in the country. They have horrible financial management and I will not in any way support them. Which brings me to another thought. Does anyone know of any other organization or way to donate blood other then through the American Red Cross?
    NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!

    That is either a malicious lie, an ignorant statement intended to make the poster look educated on some issue that he is obviously not, or a disturbed mind trying to get people not to help in a time of disaster.

    10 seconds with Google will pull up just about any charitable organizations overhead expense ratio, the American Red Cross is under 8%. That means 92% of every dollar donated goes to charitable uses.

    I am personally sickened that someone would level such an attack against one of the premier legitimate charitable organizations on the fucking planet!

    You sir, are an asshat.