WEATHER ALERT(R) 2000 IS FIRST "HOMELAND SECURITY" EMERGENCY WARNING RECEIVER
NASHVILLE, TN - A new "homeland security" personal emergency warning technology has been introduced to inform Americans about the ongoing terrorism attacks against the United States as well as alert them to imminent local weather emergencies.
Weather Alert(r) 2000 is the nation's first digital receiver for weather warnings and civil emergency messages. It is considered as the "next generation" in NOAA Weather Radio.
It uses a combination of satellite and advanced 900 MHz Flex(r) technology that offers numerous advantages over current analog weather radios, email-based alerting systems, and telephone dial-up notification programs.
"In less than 90 seconds, it broadcasts all urgent watches and warnings from the National Weather Service and emergency messages from the U.S. Emergency Alert System," stated Mike Harris of Page Update, Inc., the national wireless data service that just launched Weather Alert 2000.
"We also distribute urgent bulletins from our own operations center. This includes input from emergency management officials from across the US. It is the only national early-warning system of its kind."
Weather & Civil Emergencies
Residential users as well as schools, hospitals, and businesses will now have instant access to real-time, localized severe weather alerts. These include tornado, hurricane, flash flood, thunderstorm, and winter storm warnings.
National alerts, advisories, and civil emergency messages might include warnings about the anthrax and related terrorism attacks against the U.S. Other localized incidents involving hazardous materials, fires and explosions, and related technological and air-quality emergencies affecting public health and safety also are disseminated.
Compact, Desktop Receiver
The receiver is a compact (4" high by 3 1/2" wide by 1 1/2" deep) self-contained desktop unit with an AC power adapter and battery back-up for power failures. Operated on its included four AAA batteries, it is also portable/mobile.
Subscribers pay $9.95 monthly for the 24/7 Page Update monitoring service; Weather Alert 2000 sells for $129.95 suggested retail. Purchase and product information can be found on the company's website at www.pageupdate.com (or by toll-free phone at 800-743-4989).
Users can easily program Weather Alert 2000 for up to 16 different counties across the country. This enables keeping track of a home location, nearby counties where bad weather originates, business locations, a vacation home, and travel destinations as well as the homes of distant family members, relatives and friends.
Upon receiving a warning, Weather Alert 2000 sounds a very loud 85 dB alert tone for 30 seconds and flashes a high-intensity red LED indicator. It features an eight-line display on an oversized, backlit LCD screen for the message text with an alert time stamp and a large digital clock display with alarm.
For the deaf and hearing-impaired, accessory million-candlepower flashing strobe lights in amber or white and vibrating alerts are also available. Weather Alert 2000 has a built-in accessory jack for these add-on warning devices.
Owners of alphanumeric pagers, cellphones, PDAs and other wireless devices also can subscribe to the Page Update alerting system.
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