vibration

Phones cannot be on silent or vibration settings, he said.

“You know, the wind is rushing, the things are blowing. It's a vibration and it makes noise. You know what it is? I want to be a whale psychiatrist. It drives the whales freaking crazy and something happens with them. But for whatever reason, they’re getting washed up on shore, you know. And yet —”

“Well, they say that the wind drives them crazy. You know, it's a vibration because you have those, you know, those things are 50-story buildings, some of them.”

Many people in Karuk communities, he said, are feeling hope and excitement — a “magnetic vibration.”

Anyway, said Melvoin, in an emergency “it’s much safer for everyone for kids not to be texting, and for adults to do their job. Part of this is trying to change the culture around addiction to our phones. We want to check in with our kids all the time, but you shouldn’t. They have to develop some independence, and even a vibration in your pocket or book bag distracts you.”