As Twitter employees continue to leave the company after Elon Musk’s ultimatum to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance, several Washington state and city agencies are alerting their followers of other ways they can keep in touch and keep receiving the updates they need.
The Seattle Office of Emergency Management says you can sign up for free emergency alerts by texting SEATTLE to 67283. You can also get customized alerts, which can be set up at alert.seattle.gov.
Is Twitter dying? Who knows! Let's keep in touch.
— Seattle OEM (@OEMSeattle) November 18, 2022
Text SEATTLE to 67283 - you'll instantly sign up for free emergency alerts from @AlertSeattle. You can customize alert preferences and locations, and add email or phone call alerts by creating an account: https://t.co/9oPK3bXeN9 pic.twitter.com/vboP1wMvup
The Washington State Department of Transportation says you can continue using its website and app, or sign up for text or email alerts. It also has Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Reddit accounts.
On social media, you can find us on Facebook, and our ferries division also has a Facebook page. We are on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn and are active on Reddit. We also have our blog: https://t.co/TlV6SBARgd (2/4)
— Washington State DOT (@wsdot) November 18, 2022
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources says it can be found on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.
We’ll remain on here till the bitter end. But if this thing goes down, you can find us on:
— Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources (@waDNR) November 18, 2022
Instagram - washdnr
TikTok - wa_dnr
and Facebook - lol
We can also be found at most trailheads, screaming rec tips and salmon facts in 280-character quips.
The Washington Emergency Management Division tweeted that its website will still be up.
Just started researching whether our agency ever used MySpace & how we handled that when the social network pretty much evaporated.
— WA Emergency Management (@waEMD) November 18, 2022
At least we still have a website https://t.co/TMDKri4N4v#TwitterDown #RIPTwitter
Meanwhile, the Gig Harbor Police Department told residents not to call 911 should the social media site go offline.
If The Twitter breaks tonight, do NOT…repeat DO NOT call 911. We have no idea how to fix it.
— Gig Harbor Police (@GigHarborPolice) November 18, 2022
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