Hi,

I don't think of this as failure. It demonstrated areas for improvement, which was the purpose.
Of greater concern to me is the apathy demonstrated by our fellow citizens. Honestly, I forgot about it a minute after I saw it on CNN yesterday morning. Didn't think of it again until I saw the posts here.
There is a need to communicate with the citizenry without impinging on our privacy & freedoms. I think that banners on sites like Yahoo!, Google, Facebook, etc. will reach more people than radio and some TV.
The government can have the cell servers contact each subscriber also.
There are ways to reach out in the 21st Century.
Just my thoughts...

Finn