Everbridge also has a weather tracking system, and emergency managers can use that to send out automatic notifications as different weather events approach their areas.

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Are taxpayers who have set up automatic debit savvy enough not to send in the check?

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But the bigger problem is the danger that folks who already have an automatic payment in process will cower and send in that check.

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