Emergency Alert System Expected for Cellphones

[Skyowl's Wife]

Too cool! Will be tested in NYC and DC this year and be widely available next year. So far, must have fairly new phone to participate.

If we still have any sort of organized society by then, this could come in handy!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/us/10safety.html?_r=2

[Echo2]

"Attention citizens....please report to the closest superdome for reprogramming...."


Sorry....tin foil hat moment....:)

[Skyowl's Wife]

LOL! Ya never know!

[PT945]

Cool. Wonder how long before Texas gets that.

[Skyowl's Wife]

They said it should be nationwide possibly by next April.

[Omegaman]

I think that it will be very helpful and could save lives. Myself like others find them selves away from the radio or TV most of the time but I always have my phone with me.

[Giver of Doom]

My wifes phone has it. It alerted her on the last tornado warning we had here.

[Globalwarmer]

I have a droid x I got last august, it has this built in. It hasn't gone off yet, though. It has 3 settings. It can warn you of Amber Alerts near you, and of bad weather near you. These 2 settings you can turn off, if you choose. The 3rd alert setting is messages from POTUS, and you cannot turn this off. So Komrade President always has a direct line.

[Skyowl's Wife]

Just wait until he starts sending her campaign messages.

[Echo2]

Just wait until he starts sending her campaign messages.

I just threw up in my mouth a little.....

[Skyowl's Wife]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.....

I'd probably take a hammer to the damned thing.

[Echo2]

I'd probably take a hammer to the damned thing.

I have a 90 ton press.....I could make it into paper....:)

[Skyowl's Wife]

That'd work!

[J40SW]

It sounds like a cool feature (not the campaign slogans, the emergency alert system).