ML,

Hey, may be everyone in town should have been given a 'free'
Bell&Howell Shortwave Radio so that Washington DC could have broadcast
a "Special Alert" via shortwave directly to them.

What happen to the good old days to Alert the People of the Town:
* The Towns 'Civil Defense' Warning Siren would sound.
* Fire Station Bells and Sirens would Sound a Warning.
* Church Bells would Ring and Sound a Warning.
* Telephones would Ring as Neigbors and Families Passed the Word of
Warning.
* The Police Cars, Fire Trucks and others would simply drive down the
street with their sirens on and lights flashing to wake the people.

BUY NO . . .
We Have to Blame It All on the Evil FCC (Bad Government)
- - - and the equally Evil Clear Channel Communications (Big Business)

Honestly, it would appear that the Town of Minot needs to have an
Election and put public officials into office who know how to run a
'safe' little town properly.


NOTE: Looks like the two North Dakota Senators and Congressman under 8
years of President Bill Clinton did not diliver the goods.
- Kent Conrad, Democrat - US Senator - North Dakota.
- Byron Dorgan, Democrat - US Senator - North Dakota.
- Earl Pomeroy, Democrat - US Representative At Large - North Dakota.


Balanced Government is Good Government [.]
- A One Party System is Not Good Government.
- - A One Party System is About Maintaining the Political Power of the
Party.
- - - A One Party System is Inherently Corrupt.


The View from the Lower 48 ~ RHF
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= = = (Maximo Lachman)
= = = wrote in message ...
according to:
http://www.paksplace.com/alert-details.htm
which has the following story also:

WHY WORRY ABOUT WHO OWNS THE MEDIA?
MoveOn Bulletin Op-Ed by Eli Pariser
It's like something out of a nightmare, but it really happened:

At 1:30 on a cold January night, a train containing hundreds of
thousands of gallons of toxic ammonia derails in Minot, North Dakota.
Town officials try to sound the emergency alert system, but it isn't
working.

Desperate to warn townspeople about the poisonous white cloud bearing
down on them, the officials call their local radio stations. But no
one answers any of the phones for an hour and a half. According to the
New York Times, three hundred people are hospitalized, some are
partially blinded, and pets and livestock are killed.

Where were Minot's DJs on January 18th, 2002? Where was the late night
station crew? As it turns out, six of the seven local radio stations
had recently been purchased by Clear Channel Communications, a radio
giant with over 1,200 stations nationwide. There were no DJs or crew,
computers were running the station.