With the threat of severe weather Friday night, the Wabash County Emergency Responders Group met yesterday afternoon to make some preliminary plans for the predicted storms.
One of the things the group has identified as an issue is communicating with the public. That issue may soon be solved though. At Wednesday’s health board meeting, Tristan Barbre said the group has explored a new communication system that would send alerts to cell phone users in Wabash County….
Barbre said the alerts could be targeted to a certain part of the county. For example, if a storm was threatening Allendale, only people there would receive the alert. The alerts could also be used for chemical spills, power outages, or other situations affecting the public. The cost of the system is $5,500.