Tag: NATURALDISASTERS

On Thursday morning, a hacker hijacked the Twitter account belonging to Andi Arief, an aide to the president of Indonesia. But, instead of using the account to promote himself or post potentially embarrassing tweets, this hacker decided it would be a good idea to tell all of Indonesia that a major natural disaster was headed its way. "Besok Jakarta tsunami," read one of the tweets. Translation: ...

Two years ago, FEMA and the FCC began working toward an emergency alert system for cell phones. Such services already exist in various municipalities and foreign nations, and now the FCC, FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security have finally initiated the implementation of the U.S.'s own national system. The FCC recently commissioned Alcatel-Lucent to create a Commercial Mobile Alert System ...

An Italian seismologist has demanded a public apology from the Italian authorities that suppressed his predictions of the earthquake and resultant aftershocks. The quake and its aftermath have taken over 200 lives and left as many as 17,000 homeless since it first struck near the town of L'Aquila yesterday, according to reports by the Daily Mail and the New York Times. Over a month ago, National ...