https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cell-phone-service-must-be-restored-quicker-after-hurricanes/

It demolished houses, flattened forests, tossed cars like baseballs and flipped a parked fighter jet. But for Mark Bowen, the worst thing about Hurricane Michael was when it knocked out cellphone service for more than a week.

“It was absolutely devastating both to the community and to the first responders that protect this community,” said Bowen, head of emergency services in Bay County, Fla., which was slammed by the Category 5 hurricane in October 2018.