An Emergency Alert Some Still Haven’t Heard

Ten days ago, some of us received a test alert from the government’s new nationwide emergency alarm system. Others are still waiting, and hoping the teething problems are ironed out before we need warned about a real emergency. Other countries have had such alert systems in place for a long time – my in-laws in Canada regularly get pinged about incoming tornadoes or snowstorms. It remains to be seen how frequently such alerts will be used here in the UK where the weather isn’t quite so extreme. Read the rest of this article written by Rev. Stephen Steele for the local paper here.