Right, and it's not like the people who somehow existed before cell phone technology magically perished because of these supposed emergencies. We are not helpless creatures here, sheesh.
FWIW my question wasn't meant to be a scare tactic. I genuinely wanted to know what the plan was in case of emergencies. I suppose I could have (and should have, since HN seems to value explicitness and literalism) elaborated to avoid assumption and/or presumption.
Don't buy in to the fear mentality that's strangling American discourse. People were dealing with emergencies just fine without cell phones... just 15 years ago.
What was the plan of your parents and grandparents in case of emergencies?
...when you have kids and attempt to live a life away from home?
I've been out of my home country for > 6 years, have lived and worked in 3 countries in that time, and spent 2 years driving through 16 more. Does that qualify?