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Back in June, TUAW reported on the new Wireless Emergency Alerts system from the US National Weather Service. At that time, the system — which alerts smartphone owners in areas under a severe weather warning — didn’t support iPhones and the system was available on Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile networks plus a handful of AT&T cities.
Well, the system is apparently working with the iPhone 5 at present, as I received the alert you see at right earlier today. The area where I live is currently under a blizzard warning, so I received the message. My wife uses an iPhone 4S on AT&T and did not receive the alert, and Erica Sadun — with the same equipment and network — was also left in the dark. I’m not sure if that’s because they’re on an “older” iPhone model or if AT&T hasn’t initiated the service in the Denver area.
Anyway, it’s great to see this service working. It doesn’t require users to sign up, and it’s a powerful way to get your attention about upcoming weather emergencies including ice and dust storms, blizzards, extreme winds, flash floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons and tsunamis.
National Weather Service alerts arriving on iPhone 5 originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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