:-( help! asap: Iowans put 911 texting to test - USATODAY.com

DES MOINES — A 911 dispatch center in eastern Iowa has become the nation's first to allow emergency callers to seek help via text message.

Beginning last week, callers in Waterloo, Iowa, and surrounding Black Hawk County could communicate with dispatchers using text-enabled cellphones, Waterloo Police Chief Thomas Jennings said...