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New York State Testing Emergency Alerts Over Gaming Networks
An anonymous reader writes "Gamers are used to confronting invading terrorists, nuclear attacks, and natural calamities—in virtual form. But those living in New York State could soon receive warnings about real emergencies through their favorite video console. State authorities are testing a plan that would see the Emergency Management Office issue alerts over online gaming networks in addition to regular channels."
At least, in my head, these are rare occurrences on the scale of Katrina and 9/11 that people would be notified.
If you are so disconnected from the world that you wouldn't have known about Katrina without an emergency alert system then you are probably already a lost cause. A hurricane is something that comes with days of advance warning. One would think that the sight of the neighbors boarding up their windows would suggest to most people that something was afoot......
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.