[LINK] itNews: 'Emergency system given geo-location boost'

[David Boxall]

On 17/01/2012 9:49 AM, Michael Skeggs mike at bystander.net wrote:
> For reasons that have never been clear to me, the AU government seems
> to only consider the telephone system an adequate warning system.
I've been wondering about the emphasis on mobile 'phones. Shouldn't we 
bear in mind that most of this island continent is a mobile 'phone black 
spot? That's particularly true of areas likely to be affected by natural 
disasters. Even more true when they _are_ so affected.

> In the USA, there is a radio based warning system with geographic
> areas divided into zones down to about postcode size areas.
> A special radio can then be left continuously switched on, tuned to
> the warning station, and it only activates if the zone is which it is
> located is effected by an emergency broadcast.
> These radios are very simple, and are available from under $20.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA_Weather_Radio
We really should be thinking beyond the 'phone system.

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