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BC needs to use its Alert Ready system for natural disasters

by Marco Ovies, Features Editor On Saturday, November 6, 2021, a tornado rolled its way through the UBC campus. Winds reached anywhere from 90–110 km/h on campus and there are numerous videos of the wreckage this storm left behind. The tornado left behind damaged vehicles, fallen trees, and downed power lines crews were still fixing Monday morning. If there was ever a good time to use BC’s Alert Ready system, this would have been it.  BC’s Alert Ready system allows the government to send an emergency message to phones, major television stations, and radio broadcasters to alert the public of…

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