The Emergency Broadcast System is getting an upgrade to stay more with the times. Everyone has seen the alerts on television, but now the Emergency Broadcast System will create the Broadcast Message System which will send text messages to people in the event of a disaster. The text messages can be used in the event of a terrorist attack, inclement weather, Amber Alert, highway accident, or other crisis.
In a sense it will be a very similar system to the one LSU uses when it needs to contact all students quickly because of an emergency. The Broadcast Message System is currently working with all major carriers to do test trials. The Emergency Broadcast System says the system will be in operation by April 2012.
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