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Weather Service Starts Texting Warnings to Smartphones

They'll go to devices in the path of severe weather

By the Associated Press

Posted Jun 28, 2012 1:26 PM CDT

(AP) – Millions of smartphone users will soon begin receiving text messages about severe weather from a government system that can send a blanket warning to mobile devices in the path of a dangerous storm. The National Weather Service's new Wireless Emergency Alerts system offers a...   Read full story »

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