(USA) FEMA to Introduce Digital Emergency Alert System
Thursday, July 20th, 2006New 8 Austin has a write-up of FEMA’s Digital Emergency Alert System: FEMA to Introduce Digital Emergency Alert System.
The idea behind this system is to be able to send messages to all cell phones and internet-connected PDAs and computers within a specific geographic area in order to warn of large-scale emergencies and disasters.
“You could [contact] every person in this ZIP code, whether that’s their real address or they just happen to be there saying, ‘Hey, tornado is coming’,” said Brian Cooley of CNET.com.
Read more about FEMA’s Digital Emergency Alert System.