The City of Lansing is investing in a program that will allow Lansing residents to receive tornado warnings and other alerts on their cell phones.
According to excerpts from the article:
The city is launching a community information text-messaging service designed to deliver timely information about emergencies and other events.
With the launch, Lansing will join a growing list of public entities utilizing services that allow residents to receive emergency information via text messages, e-mails and online, said Trent Atkins, Lansing's emergency management chief.
The text-messaging service, projected to go live Dec. 14, will be provided free to the city through Nixle LLC, a privately funded startup that offers secure texting services to public entities and other organizations nationwide. Individuals who sign up for the alerts will receive texts as part of their individual text-messaging plan.
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