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Re:Seconds before a 6.2 earthquake rattled California, phone... by akyoan on Thursday December 23, 2021 @02:04PM (#29665220)
I'm not sure if SMS and email are ever considered urgent enough for this purpose. The alert is sent out seconds before, it's either a loud and unusual sound or you might get to read/answer after it actually hits.

i.e. it'd be useless.

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Re:Seconds before a 6.2 earthquake rattled California, phone... by nostrademons on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:12PM (#29668781)
SLAs for SMS are also about 98%. 1 in 50 messages isn't going to get to its intended recipient in any reasonable timeframe, which is pretty bad for a time-sensitive public safety feature.
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