Harco in Wired?

While many of us are still ticked off about its use in the last election, Harford County has found a new use for auto-dialers: "Parents in Harford County don't have to turn on the radio this winter to see if the latest snowstorm has closed schools.
A new service being used by school officials automatically calls students' homes and plays a prerecorded message, much like the robo-calls used by political campaigns and telemarketers." Read on.