Municipal Emergency Textmobbing

Washington, D.C. has implemented DC Text Alert to transmit information to the public during a major emergency, reports World Changing.

"In the event of an emergency, such as a terrorist attack or severe weather incident, DCEMA will send important alerts, updates and instructions right to your cell phone or mobile device using your device's text message (SMS) feature, and/or to your e-mail account(s)."

Related services from around the world:

-- Much interest for Dutch SMS-alarm service

-- Residents' free flood texts offer

-- emergencye.com

-- USA Terror Alerts by SMS

-- Israel's Terror Text Alerts

-- Kuwait War alerts by SMS

-- Britain's City Alert Texting System (C.A.T.S.)

emily | 7:00 PM | SMS and Politics |
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