Terreiro

America will soon have a national alert system via text messaging on their cell phones and other mobile devices, nearly 80 percent of Americans have cell phones and the Government sees it as a great way to alert a mass amount of people in certain affected areas that are hit by severe weather like Katrina or Terrorists attacks like 9/11.

Of course one day I see this going even further like the Government alerting you that you have a warrant or you are behind on taxes or any other service the Government runs, but for now I am happy that in case of a severe emergency I can be notified on my cell phone via a text message.