Monday, April 14, 2008

Federal Warning Alert and Response Network - Adventures In Scrolling

Now that the FCC is getting into the act regarding texting disaster and attack messages to your mobile device, I thought it might be time for a little post I wrote back in 2006:

THIS IS A TEST
OF THE FEDERAL
EMERGENCY TEXT

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WARNING SYSTEM.
IF EVIL DOERS IN
YOUR AREA ARE UP

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TO NO GOOD, THIS
SYSTEM IS DESIGNED
TO GIVE YOU JUST

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ENOUGH INFO
FOR YOU TO KNOW
THAT YOU ARE

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REALLY SCREWED!
BUT THANK GOD
THIS IS ONLY...

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...A TEST.

The article wonders what will be done for those of us who ignore text messages on our phones. I wonder what's going to happen the first time somebody abuses this ill-conceived system? PANIC!

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