Abstract: One embodiment of an emergency alert system consisting of a data collector (102) that collects data from one or more data sources, a website (103) that collects information from customers, a central database (114) that stores all the information in the system, an alert engine (115) that figures out what alerts need to be sent and transmits those alerts to the correct devices, and mechanisms that allow users to receive alerts (116, 117 119, and 120). The website component (103) of the emergency alert system allows customers to create accounts, register devices such as mobile phones and computers, register email addresses, and register a list of emergency contacts. The data collector component (102) of the alert system receives and saves alerts from one or more data sources and the alert engine (115) transmits those alerts to customers.