Oh, I hate automated calls of any kind. A list for emergency purposes should be kept strictly for real emergencies. Anything else, you should be able to opt out of. My city has created one and they started using it for snow, power outages... not real emergencies. I was able to get my phone removed.

Irulan's comment reminded me of the "Serenity now!" episode of Seinfeld:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEMHt...eature=related