Locally, phone calls poured into the Greater Salt Lake Area Chapter until almost midnight, from Utahns concerned about family members in the Seattle Area. Telephone and cellular phone service is reportedly up, but due to overloading circuits, calling into the area is very difficult. More than half of these callers received information of their families' whereabouts within the first 24 hours. Jason Smith of the American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter and Bob Howard of the Lewis and Clark Chapter are available for media interviews from the scene of the earthquake . Contributions to the Disaster Relief Fund may also be sent to the Greater Salt Lake Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 3836, Salt Lake City, UT 84110.
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