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AT&T has begun rolling out Wireless Emergency Alerts updates for iPhone 4S and 5, so you won’t be the last folks to know if the entire northern hemisphere is about to be covered in ice à la Day After Tomorrow. You’ll receive a notification from the carrier when your update is ready, but only if you’re using iOS 6.1 or higher. Once installed, AMBER and Emergency alerts are automatically sent to your phone unless you switch them off via Settings. However, should you be tired of Obama, just know that there’s no way to switch off Presidential alerts. WEA messages are always free of charge, so you don’t have to worry about going over your texting limit when notified that you need to get the hell out of dodge.

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Yesterday NASA reported that an ammonia leak had been discovered on the ISS. Astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy are embarking on an emergency spacewalk to fix the problem. NASA TV is broadcasting the walk live, and you can follow along on the somewhat safer journey past the break.

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In the wake of the tragic events in Boston today, the Associated Press had earlier reported that Boston Police had ordered a shutdown of cellular service throughout swaths of the city, perhaps out of fear that additional explosive devices may be rigged to detonate using a remote trigger. Carriers have since disputed that a shutdown occurred or was ever ordered, but it raises the question: would it be legal for a police department or government agency to pull the plug?

It’s clearly a tough call. Residents, Boston Marathon participants, friends, family, and officials clearly benefit from having as many communications channels open to them as possible, but there’s no question that the threat of another detonation is a dire one that…

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KRTV in Montana announced that someone had hacked the Emergency Alert System and was broadcasting messages of zombies rising from the dead on their network and the CW.

The video below was posted on YouTube within the hour and matches the description of the text described in the emergency alert.

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Since no one suches as speaking on the phone, the 4 biggest cellular phone providers have actually agreed to make texting to 911 readily available by May 15th, 2014. Not gonna lie, I already thought they accepted texts and were simply disregarding me. ‘DELIVER AMBULANCE, HOT SAUCE TOO SPICY.’.

” Access to 911 must catch up with how customers interact in the 21st century– and today, we are one action closer towards that essential objective” said FCC chairman Julius Genachowsk.

As soon as the carriers are set up, local emergency response centers will certainly still need the correct equipment, software and exercise, so the function will not be offered instantaneously. Nevertheless, at some point the carriers and FCC expect to offer 90 % of the populace with text-to-911 features. The solution will not support third-party texting applications or roaming individuals.

In the meantime, the providers will carry out a much-needed alert message warning anybody who delivers a text to 911 that their message was not gotten, and that they should make a phone call instead. That auto-reply system will be up and running by June 30, 2013.

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No word if 911 operators will need to take classes in text-speak to understand exactly what the hell individuals are attempting to say, however based upon the idiotic text messages I get from my buddies I picture it’s probably a good concept.

GW: HLP I FELL OFF THE SPACE.
911: Room?
GW: ROOFING, BRK EVRYTHING PLZ ASSIST.
911: Please remain calm, what’s your address?
GW: 1410 Mockingbird Drive.
911: We just dispatched an unit.
GW: However I’m at a buddy’s location right now.
911: And just what’s the address there?
GW: \* cat image \*.