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Cell Phones Required to Receive Homeland Security Text Messages

• CBS News
A new national alert system is set to begin in New York City that will alert the public to emergencies via cell phones.

It’s called the Personal Localized Alert Network or PLAN. Presidential and local emergency messages as well as Amber Alerts would appear on cell phones equipped with special chips and software.

 

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Comment by Temper Bay
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 Good, that's just one more way I can avoid listening to Osama.



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