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Emergency Text Alerts – a good idea!
Posted by Jack Cook on April 10, 2008 – 8:15 am
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We have the technology, why not use it? It looks as if that just may happen reasonably soon because Federal regulators have approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert system using text messages delivered to cellphones. It may well save your life someday!
The plan stems from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires upgrades to the emergency alert system. The act requires the Federal Communications Commission to develop ways to alert the public about emergencies.
Read the New York Times article here
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