If only cognac could be multiplied without degradation and you could suck it through a fat pipe into your house from all over the world for free.
Man, all my problems would be gone or at least seem that way.
In the Netherlands the government has just begun setting up a alert system that broadcasts SMS messages from single SMS cells. So if there's an gas leak in an area (not many tornado's here) they can send an alert to the cell that covers it and everyone mobile phone connected to the cell will receive a SMS with instructions.
Normally in these cases the turn on sirens in the neighbourhood and there are emergency broadcasts on radio and tv, but the sirens don't have 100% coverage. Mobile phone coverage *is* 100% and there are enough of them to get everyone informed quickly.
They also plan to use this system for commercial applications, like instructions to avoid traffic jams etc.
I think this is going to work a lot better than the siren/emergency broadcast system, because some people would think the sirens are just a test, won't hear them or won't turn on their radios (before choking in the chlorine cloud). When you have 3/4 of the people receiving instructions to their phones, virtually everyone knows within a few minutes what's going on.
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If only cognac could be multiplied without degradation and you could suck it through a fat pipe into your house from all over the world for free. Man, all my problems would be gone or at least seem that way.
In the Netherlands the government has just begun setting up a alert system that broadcasts SMS messages from single SMS cells. So if there's an gas leak in an area (not many tornado's here) they can send an alert to the cell that covers it and everyone mobile phone connected to the cell will receive a SMS with instructions. Normally in these cases the turn on sirens in the neighbourhood and there are emergency broadcasts on radio and tv, but the sirens don't have 100% coverage. Mobile phone coverage *is* 100% and there are enough of them to get everyone informed quickly. They also plan to use this system for commercial applications, like instructions to avoid traffic jams etc. I think this is going to work a lot better than the siren/emergency broadcast system, because some people would think the sirens are just a test, won't hear them or won't turn on their radios (before choking in the chlorine cloud). When you have 3/4 of the people receiving instructions to their phones, virtually everyone knows within a few minutes what's going on.