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----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Donelan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 1:47 PM Subject: Re: Homeland Security Alert System > > I'm certain the government folks working to protect us 24x7 are doing > everything they can, but the fact of the matter is the public alert > systems in the US suck. Some just suck less. > > http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/index.ssf?/base/news-0/104590500555170.xml > > "Butts said he often finds out about things like the change in the > national threat level on CNN hours before the Communications Center > receives a teletype about it." > > Butts is the Gloucester County Emergency Response Coordinator including > the county 9-1-1 communications center. > > > ISPs and other communication providers should be prepared to share > information directly and quickly with each other. If you wait to hear > from government officials to decide what sanitized information to share, > it will be hours later. If ever. Yesterday I was asked to install a DISH Network system for the Transportation Security Administration so their folks at the Airport can get "the news".<s> --Michael
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