said by Mr Matt:Edit: I forgot to ask who pays for the text message?
said by Joe12345678:you pay up to $0.25 for each one incoming and outgoing.
The federal government and American wireless providers will be bringing a new Emergency Text Alert System to everyone in US on a cellphone this month. The service which will provide geography-based warnings of life threatening events including tornadoes, floods, hurricanes typhoons, tsunamis, dust storms, extreme winds, blizzards and ice storms will be free for all.