Miss Gretchen means business
Anyone else get these handy messages on their phones in their state? I think it helps to alert people who don't watch TV and follow social media.pic.twitter.com/7be3IWtWo9
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Yeah! This one is just like that! It also has a little Robo voice that goes off that is guaranteed to creep my kids out 
It should include a 'configuration' option that provides you the opportunity to change the "voice". The alerts would take on new meaning if Morgan Friedman, Sean Connery, or Tickle Me Elmo was announcing the dire emergency.
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