This month’s Wired magazine has a short review of various communications technologies that either kept working or failed miserably after going head-to-head with Hurricane Katrina.

The swimmers: First responder radios, text messaging, radio and TV.

The sinkers: DSL, land line and wireless phones.

Read the full article. (And thanks to Defense Tech for the tip.)

Keep watching Phone Watch for the most comprehensive and detailed reports on the recovery of telecommunications in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.