I received the warning email message at 12:06, 33 minutes after it was sent,
and the all-clear email at 12:10, 20 minutes after it was sent. Is there
anyone who received the warning before it expired (at 11:45 for the southern
Ingham County part, the closest warning area to us).
One odd thing about the emails and the siren is that Lansing, East Lansing,
the MSU campus, etc. were not even part of the area for which the warning
was issued. I guess whoever manages the siren and the alert system is just
being cautious. However, couldn't the email system include the actual text
of the National Weather Service warning, so recipients could read the
details for themselves?
-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Willacker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 12:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MSUNAG] Emergency Warning Anecdote
I just received my e-mail notice about the tornado warning. Based on these
headers, it looks as though it may have been in the msu.edu mail queue for
about 45 minutes. Anyone else have stories about the emergency alert
systems? This would be a good time for DPPS and others to collect data.
Co-workers here were getting phone and SMS alerts after the storm had
reached Webberville and the sirens were turned off.
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