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May 10th, 2011
09:17 AM ET

FEMA to send emergency texts to your cell during crisis

FEMA, the FCC and Mayor Bloomberg will be announcing the Personal Lookout Alerting Network (PLAN), a new technology that will turn mobile devices into personal emergency alert systems. Consumers can receive timely emergency alerts directly on their devices. Craig Fugate is announcing this new plan along with Mayor Bloomberg and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
today and he speaks with American Morning.


Filed under: Technology • Weather
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  1. darrell

    That will be good if FEMA to send emergenay text to cell phone for crisis so we can know what goin on

    May 11, 2011 at 8:45 am |