When the floods struck South Milwaukee in 2008 and 2010, and during our city’s water emergency a couple years ago, it would have been nice to have a way to communicate some key messages with every city resident quickly and efficiently.
We now have that ability. Last year, we instituted the South Milwaukee Emergency Alert System, which allows the city to make thousands of phone calls quickly when the situation calls for it.
Landline phones are already in our database, so there is no need to add those phones to our list. However, you can also receive emergency text updates on your mobile phones. To get this service, you must sign up.
Learn more here.
I have subscribed to the text service since we brought the alert system to South Milwaukee, and it’s worth taking the few minutes to do it. I have set it up to receive breaking weather news, too, so I now find out on my phone whenever a storm watch or warning is issued — or even a special weather statement, such as a couple about today’s late-breaking snowfall.
It’s pretty neat — and it will be invaluable whenever the next disaster strikes.
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