US FEMA agency to text every single handset in an emergency

Link: The Technology Liberation Front: FEMA does texting: omfg!!11 :-@.

Jerry Brito posted this overview of the news….

FEMA yesterday unveiled an upgrade to the Emergency Alert System that will eventually allow the feds to text-message every single cell phone in the country in the event of an emergency. (What would these messages say? ‘N.Korean Missl coming Ur way. Duck!” or ‘Grab Ur duct tape now”?)

He makes some key points about network overload and questions the value of such a facility.

Me? Well you just have to mention ‘FEMA’ and us Brits think New Orleans and the challenges of arranging a piss-up in a brewery.