You Can't Text 911; Trust Me, I've Tried.

A few nights ago I had a real scare. 

I awoke at 3:30am to the sounds of a man breathing.  Confused, I looked through my blinds to see a man's head in my window.  There was a man sitting in the chair on my porch in the darkness.  Seeing as he was about 12 inches from where I lay alone in the house and only an open window separated us - I began to panic.  Please keep in mind that I have had a life long terror of intruders.

I figured the man might just be a homeless man.  Or a drunk man needing a place to sit.  But once he started shining a light around my porch, I decided I needed help.  

So I texted 911.  Only you can't text 911.  Here is the reply text I received: "Please make a voice call to 911.  There is no text service to 911 available at this time."  

And my question is this: Why is there no text service to 911 available? How does this technology not exist yet?  How about when someone is being abducted? Or witnessing a crime? I can text in my order for Chinese food and to refill my prescriptions.  Yet, when there is a strange man in my window, able to hear my every move, texting is somehow not an option. 

In the end, with the support of my brother in law, Jeff, I had the courage to start turning on all the lights in the house. The man on the porch ran away.  

Oh, and Bear - I realize you were in REM cycle #3 at the time, but I really needed you baby!