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A method and apparatus of an alert system for notifying subscribers of weather or hazardous conditions. A weather-tracking source or service broadcasts weather or hazardous conditions across the nation to alert the general public of potentially dangerous climatic and hazardous conditions that may ar

A method and apparatus of an alert system for notifying subscribers of weather or hazardous conditions. A weather-tracking source or service broadcasts weather or hazardous conditions across the nation to alert the general public of potentially dangerous climatic and hazardous conditions that may arise from time to time. A weather service provider receives the weather condition broadcasts from the weather-tracking source or service and transmits weather or hazardous condition signals to subscribers having an alert unit. The alert unit is a passive device capable of receiving and warning the subscribers of the weather or hazardous condition broadcasts.

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1. A method for notifying a subscriber of a weather or hazardous condition, said method comprising the steps of:(a) transmitting a weather or hazardous condition signal via a weather service provider to the subscriber, wherein said transmitting step (a) transmits said weather or hazardous signal by

1. A method for notifying a subscriber of a weather or hazardous condition, said method comprising the steps of:(a) transmitting a weather or hazardous condition signal via a weather service provider to the subscriber, wherein said transmitting step (a) transmits said weather or hazardous signal by using a region-based paging number for a specific region of subscribers; and (b) passively alerting said subscriber of said weather or hazardous condition upon receiving said weather or hazardous signal via an alert unit, where said at least one passive alert unit will only activate if said weather or hazardous condition signal is indicative of a weather or hazardous condition threshold level as defined by the subscriber.