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works best for details. Results may vary. Michelle Martin Sullivan is a teacher and like almost all teachers in the

U.S. right now she's relying largely on the internet and her phone to connect

with students.

So this big storm that we just had that's knocked out a lot of teachers,

electricity and Wi-Fi as well as students.

Some areas are out of connectivity for 7 to 10 days.

7 to 10 days?

Yes, yes, 7 to 10 days to get the internet back up and running.

Michelle told me a recent story about trying to get in touch with one of her students in particular. Called her on Monday, called her on Tuesday, hadn't been able to get in touch, which was very unlike her to not be responsive, and she finally just sent me a message.

A tree fell on their house, and they have had to find another place to live because of damage to the roof and in

addition to that they did not have any internet access in their entire half of the county. This was the first time that she's been able to get out and get to a place where there was

Wi-Fi and or cell reception to connect with me and her other teachers.

Michelle lives in a rural part of Kentucky called Floyd County.

It's in Appalachia, coal country, where the mountains and gaps in infrastructure means internet access is spotty

and cell reception is non-existent in some areas, even in the best of times.

And that's always been challenging, but now having access to the internet matters more than ever.

I can tell you that there's two teachers right now who have been conducting their phone calls and check-ins with students from random parking lots,

like church parking lots, the Walmart parking lot, just anywhere that you can get Wi-Fi.

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