Facebook instead of 911

Heard on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me:
Two young girls in Australia became lost while wandering in the storm drains near Adelaide. Fortunately, they had a cell phone. But instead of calling for help, one of them updated her Facebook status page. Seven hours later, a friend read the Facebook page and called the police, who came to the rescue. A commentator remarked that Facebook was simply the most natural way of communicating for these kids; more natural than calling an emergency number.