On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:39:43 GMT, Ace wrote:

The question: Is the call made from New York to California on a land based
phone to a cellular phone a local call to the neighbor reporting the roof
being blown off?

You're dialing a local number. The recipient's cellular carrier handles
getting it to his phone. It's a local call.

Now, if it was about a tree blowing over instead of a roof being blown
off, the rules all change, obviously.