Gull Lake - Lessons about emergency alerts and cell phone access

There was much talk about the need to give people in Gull Lake much more warning about the possibility of severe weather and tornados. There was even mention of a system which might provide an alert through cell phones. The problem in Gull Lake is that cell phone access is not dependable. When I was there, I could talk on my cell phone from some areas, but not others. George Harbottle's experience with his cell phone was similar. Emergency alerts over cell phones will not be of much use if there is no cell phone access. It is time to look more closely at existing cell phone access in Manitoba, and to see the best approach to getting beter coverage to areas like Gull Lake.