Some areas are using the land line phones for Reverse 911 calls when there is bad weather. They found out that few people had active land line phones and began asking them to register their cell phone numbers for Weather related Emergencies.
Does your community use sirens to warn of severe weather? This system of calling each home, simultaneously, could help save lives, especially for those who may live far away from the siren and would not hear it because of wind direction or inside household noises.
June in Cincinnati