News and information on major service disruptions in the Portland-Vancouver metro area. That’s what Public Alerts are, it’s the coming thing! This is an stellar example in Portland, Oregon but its also indicative of what’s happening across the U.S. as municipalities begin to do more to get their populations ready.
Using digital media, its a place for people to find out just what’s going on, when a natural or man-made disaster strikes. Public Alerts are meant to be used in concert with other media, i.e. phone, radio, TV etc., so that people have options in learning about regional hazard events. Check to see if there’s a “Public Alerts” in your city, and if there isn’t, find out why?
