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Old 09-11-2017, 11:51 AM
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It could be a tower damage problem, but it also could be that the system is simply overwhelmed as people are calling to check on each other.

Remember the old days of only landlines and that message saying, "All circuits are busy." Well, it can be kind of like that with cells in a time like this.