These include the area's arson reduction team funding text messages warning of the consequences of deliberate fires.

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The FDA on Tuesday released the full text of a warning letter sent last week to St.

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It also appears that the carrier has been sending text messages to customers warning them not to upgrade.

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The PayByPhone app will also send text messages or emails warning drivers when their time is about to expire and allow them to pay for more time without walking to the meter.

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When a trap counts more than 10 flies in 30 minutes, or when the forecast model predicts a rapid surge in the fly population, it triggers an alert and sends a text message with the warning to farmers' mobile phones.

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Of course, the warning would have appeared as an image, rather than text embedded in the site, which should have set alarm bells ringing - except that, as soon as news of the warning came out, the website collapsed under the sheer number of people trying to log onto the site.

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He said warning sirens, which everyone was able to hear, had now been replaced by text and email messages.

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They can then also sign up to receive warnings by email or text message and can nominate a carer, friend or relative to receive the warning for them.

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