In the event of an emergency, please refer to your cell phones for any and all relevant emergency procedures.  Wow, could that really be the case?  According to new reports, before too long, it will be.

That’s right friends, Emergency TEXT Messages are officially coming to these United States in the event of some crazy disaster of some sort.  According to the article I just read:

“The United States plans to create a national emergency alert system that utilizes text messages that will be delivered to mobile phones….In 2006, the United States passed the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, which requires upgrades to the nation’s emergency alert system. The law requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop ways to alert the public about emergencies.” 

Hopefully they don’t put all their eggs in one basket, as it were, with this emergency system because if a disaster is That bad, wouldn’t cell reception be a bit iffy anyways?  Hmmm…no doubt they will work the kinks out, and my thoughts are, if you can combine the Emergency Text system with WHERE’s GPS Widget system, you’ll really be onto something.  Imagine being able to send Emergency text messages pre-loaded with all the GPS information you need to get from wherever you Are, to wherever you need to BE at all times.  Imagine being able to rapidly locate your friends, family or lost people through GPS tracking widgets?  Not bad friends, Not bad at all.