SAMANTHA GROSS / AP 05/10/2011 El Diario NY
required a 'chip' special for most phones receive messages. File
NEW YORK - An emergency alert system to send messages to mobile phones during the disaster could have been used to warn New Yorkers of the tornadoes that hit the city last year, officials said Tuesday the city.
Federal authorities joined the New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg, to announce the Mobile Alert System Commercial (Commercial Mobile Alert System), it will send emergency messages to mobile phones in the event of a terrorist attack or natural disaster other emergencies.
There will be three levels of messages, ranging from critical national alert President to warnings about impending national disasters or that are occurring, to warnings about missing or abducted children.
People can choose to receive alerts only president, said the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski.
warning system will be operational in New York and Washington, DC later this year. Genachowski said that ultimately, the goal is to install the system in the United States.
Commissioner of Emergency Management in New York City, Joseph Bruno, said the warning system could have warned residents of two tornadoes destructive affecting Brooklyn and Queens last year. The tornado killed a woman and caused damage to property.
required a 'chip' special phone can receive messages. Some smart phones already have the device, and software updates will be available when the network is connected to the Internet later this year.
The 'chips' will not allow government agencies collect information on phone users, said Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management.
Fugate said that cell phones activated in the immediate vicinity of a disaster - a evacuation zone, for example - may get a warning of impending danger. The alert is displayed on the front screen of the phone, instead of the traditional tray and text message is received with a different tone and probably a vibration.
Gilberto Palma, 62, maintenance supervisor at the World Financial Center, a complex that was severely damaged in the attacks of 9 / 11 - said he thought the warning system was a great idea.
"Everyone will be happy, especially in this area," he said. "In this building, the whole world is on alert."
Debbie Hayes, a nurse of 49 years, passing through the complex way to a playground with 11-month infant care, said he also was thrilled with the idea of \u200b\u200bimportant information instantly in a crisis, even if not at home watching TV.
"I'm never in one place," he said, adding that she was curious about whether the system would work in the subway, where she suffers from anxiety since the attacks of 9 / 11.
NEW YORK - An emergency alert system to send messages to mobile phones during the disaster could have been used to warn New Yorkers of the tornadoes that hit the city last year, officials said Tuesday the city.
Federal authorities joined the New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg, to announce the Mobile Alert System Commercial (Commercial Mobile Alert System), it will send emergency messages to mobile phones in the event of a terrorist attack or natural disaster other emergencies.
There will be three levels of messages, ranging from critical national alert President to warnings about impending national disasters or that are occurring, to warnings about missing or abducted children.
People can choose to receive alerts only president, said the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski.
warning system will be operational in New York and Washington, DC later this year. Genachowski said that ultimately, the goal is to install the system in the United States.
Commissioner of Emergency Management in New York City, Joseph Bruno, said the warning system could have warned residents of two tornadoes destructive affecting Brooklyn and Queens last year. The tornado killed a woman and caused damage to property.
required a 'chip' special phone can receive messages. Some smart phones already have the device, and software updates will be available when the network is connected to the Internet later this year.
The 'chips' will not allow government agencies collect information on phone users, said Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management.
Fugate said that cell phones activated in the immediate vicinity of a disaster - a evacuation zone, for example - may get a warning of impending danger. The alert is displayed on the front screen of the phone, instead of the traditional tray and text message is received with a different tone and probably a vibration.
Gilberto Palma, 62, maintenance supervisor at the World Financial Center, a complex that was severely damaged in the attacks of 9 / 11 - said he thought the warning system was a great idea.
"Everyone will be happy, especially in this area," he said. "In this building, the whole world is on alert."
Debbie Hayes, a nurse of 49 years, passing through the complex way to a playground with 11-month infant care, said he also was thrilled with the idea of \u200b\u200bimportant information instantly in a crisis, even if not at home watching TV.
"I'm never in one place," he said, adding that she was curious about whether the system would work in the subway, where she suffers from anxiety since the attacks of 9 / 11.
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