MY BLOG: Dear Noah and Adam

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Dear Noah and Adam

this was written by on-line friends and can be found here

http://tributetodenise.blogspot.com/2008/01/we-love-you-and-grieve-for-your-loss.html

Dear Noah and Adam, I look to this as comfort and I hope you do to. It comes from the heart and it speaks great truth. I love you, pumpkins. Please read and take heed. Grandma

Dear Adam and Noah:

Although we have never met, we know you and your father and mother because of your Grandma Peggy (she is a wonderful woman!).

Our heart is broken for the loss of your mother, and our prayers are with you, your father, and your grandparents, aunts and uncles.

We are all saddened that you will grow up not knowing your mother personally. There are no words to take away that pain or to make sense of the evil that happened.

But as you grow up we hope you know and are always aware of who she was and how much she loved you. Jesus tells us "there is no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends".

Your mother is a hero of gigantic proportions. She is a saint who showed heroic virtue and who laid down her life for you. She loved you more than life itself. That is almost too much to understand.

Her life and her death shows us all the power of love triumphing over unspeakable evil.

Throughout your lives you and your father will have to struggle to make sense of one person's senseless act that took your mother from you. There are no easy answers.

But the greatest tribute you can make to your mother is to live as she did -- living for others, loving others, caring for others, sacrificing for others. That is the heart of what love is.

That is the love that your mother lived.

And that is the love that we hope you can both find in your own hearts.

God bless you,

Steve and Trish Schloeder
Phoenix Arizona

Attn: Cell Phone Users

I'm adapting this from a pamphlet Mark picked up from the California NENA conference out in San Diego.

When Dialing 9-1-1 From Your Cell Phone

1. Call only for immediate emergency assistance - medical, fire, or police.

2. Be prepared to provide your location and any essential information the dispatcher may need.

3. Stay on the line until told to hang up. You may be transferred to another agency.

added edit

Cell phones cannot "text" 9-1-1. During the Virginia Tech massacre, many students tried texting 9-1-1 because they were afraid the killer would hear them.

Do not assume 9-1-1 can find you when using a cell phone. Cell phone signals go to the nearest "available" tower.

IMO, always call 9-1-1 in an emergency unless you are sure others have already called.

And, IMO, if you are distraught, if possible have a neighbor or other family member call 9-1-1 for you. They will most likely be able to listen and give clearer instructions.

Help Reduce Unnecessary Calls

Use non-emergency numbers for your local law enforcement agency when you do not need immediate assistance.

If medical, fire or police are already on scene, it is not necessary to call 9-1-1 again. Instead, call a non-emergency number if you have additional information and witnessed the incident.

Do not call 9-1-1 for non-emergecy incidents (i.e., requesting road conditions, asking why traffic is backed up, requesting driving directions, or other similar reasons). Be prepared; contact your local FHP (Florida Highway Patrol) office directly, using a non-emergency number.

Use or maintain a landline at home and at work for 9-1-1 calls, as the dispatcher is more likely to get accurate location information from a landline.

Using 9-1-1 in non-emergency situations prevents critical emergencies from being attended to.

DID YOU KNOW?

Almost everyone in the U.S. owns a cell phone and some households do not use a landline at all. Consequently, hundreds of thousands of wireless 9-1-1 calls are made daily nationwide.

Far too many cellular 9-1-1 phone calls, both non-emergency and repeat calls for the same incident, are tying up the 9-1-1 phone system. This results in unnecessary busy signals, disconnects, and delays in dispatch time for ture 9-1-1 emergency calls.

Not every 9-1-1 call is answered by your local law enforcement agency. Cell phone providers try to calculate you approximate location using cell towers or satellite positioning. If they cannot, the call will likely default to the Florida Highway Patrol and then be transferred to the appropriate agency. This means that non-emergency or repeat calls are wasting critical minutes or dispatchers' time.

If you call 9-1-1 from you cell phone or an inactive phone, your phone number and location information may not be available to the dispatcher. Know your surroundings (street address, landmarks, mileposts) when calling 9-1-1. This will save valuable seconds in an emergency.

Avoid accidental 9-1-1 calls

Accidental cell phone calls can congest the 9-1-1 phone system. Accidental calls occur when the phone is placed in a pocket, belt clip, or purse, and a pre-programmed emergency button is bumped. Even a locked phone can dial 9-1-1.

Help Avoid Accidental Calls With the Following Tips

Do not hang up on an accidental 9-1-1 call. Inform the dispatcher that the call was an accident before you hang up.

Do not pre-program 9-1-1 into your or your child's cell phone's speed dial. This can lead to accidental calls.

Teach your child how and when to dial 9-1-1 from a cell phone. Train them to press 9-1-1 and the "send" button only in an emergency.

Even cell phones without active service can dial 9-1-1. Take batteries out of cell phones before recycling them or giving them to a child to play with.

Don't call 9-1-1 to check to see if you cell phone works. 9-1-1 is to be used for emergency calls only.

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