Rankin County has new emergency alert system

Rankin County residents can sign up for Civic Ready, a new emergency alert system.

BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.IN RANKIN COUNTY HAS A NEWEMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TO KEEPPEOPLE INFORMED ABOUT THE BADWEATHER.IT’S CALLED CIVIC READY.IT’S FREE AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DOIS SIGN UP FOR IT IN THE EVENTOF SEVERE WEATHER.THE SYSTEM WILL SEND YOU ANEMAIL TEXT MESSAGE OR ANAUTOMATED CALL ABOUT ANYWARNINGS RANKIN COUNTY EMERGENCYLEADERS SAY IT’S MORE RELIABLESAYS PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE THEIRCELL PHONES NEARBY.WE’RE TRYING TO START GETTINGAWAY FROM THE OUTDOOR WEATHERSIREN SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY’RE NOTTHAT EFFICIENT UNLESS YOU LIVEEXTREMELY CLOSE TO 1 WE DON’TWANT PEOPLE TO RELY ON THATACTUALLY WAKING THEM UP IN THEMIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.OH THE SAFE ROOM.I’M MARK HAD ROAD WILL BE OPENANYTIME.