It is certainly disconcerting when your cellphone blares out a red alert warning; in my area the emergency sound is usually associated with imminent danger due to a tornado. The Wireless Emergency Alert system sends Amber alerts as well as extreme weather warnings, but on Monday morning – for the first time – WEA sent a “Wanted” poster emergency alert to millions of New Yorkers, asking for help in the manhunt for the Manhattan and New Jersey bombing suspect.
The emergency cellphone alert read:
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Source: COMPUTER WORLD