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Emergency alert systems in Colorado "constantly changing & evolving"
All 64 counties in Colorado have some version of a reverse 911 notification system, but many parts of the state don't have ...
Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.
National Emergency Alert Test: Newscast In COBR
Newscasts is in COBR as it's announced there will be a new national emergency alert test. As the government announces a new ...
Texas town right next door to flood-ravaged county added new alert sirens last year — and nobody perished in July 4 storms
A small Texas town that recorded no deaths in last weekend's flood disaster had recently upgraded its emergency alert system ...
Mobile phone emergency alert system to be tested in early September
The emergency alert system will be tested at around 3pm on September 7, in its second ever nationwide drill. The first time ...
Emergency alert to be sent to smartphones in UK test
The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones in the UK will be tested again this September, the ...
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Kerr County residents say emergency alert messages sporadic, inconsistent in wake of floods
Residents say Kerr County’s use of CodeRED alerts was sporadic and inconsistent. Local officials have not answered questions about when and how they utilized the system, which has been in place since ...
Why Disaster Alerts Keep Failing
These are failures of technology—messages sent but not received, or messages received by the wrong people. But they are also ...