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Emergency Alerts in the Age of Complexity: Are Dumbphones Left Behind?

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Benjamin Kahn
Jun 02, 2025
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Today, Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) have seemingly become the emergency manager’s best friend – and why wouldn’t they? They are convenient and get the job done of alerting people to nearby threats and hazards.

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As part of the Alert and Warning Guidelines, the URL is where we are supposed to put additional information about those…

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