From: wollman@bimajority.org   
      
   In article ,   
   Fred Atkinson  wrote:   
   >You are splitting hairs here in a semantics issue.   
   >   
   >Suppose the cellular infrastructure is down due to an attack on our   
   >nation.   
   >   
   >Think you are gojng to get those alerts then?   
      
   Such an attack would also take out the broadcast infrastructure, which   
   is a lot more physically concentrated and easier to disrupt.   
      
   -GAWollman   
      
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