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'Bill' May Have Passed but Coastal CUs Prep for Hurricanes

The threat from Hurricane Bill to the U.S. may have dissipated, but coastal credit union leagues are gearing up in major ways this fall using sophisticated online tracking and alert call-in systems to prepare for future storms.

By Jim Rubenstein | Updated on August 20, 2009

The threat from Hurricane Bill to the U.S. may have dissipated, but coastal credit union leagues are gearing up in major ways this fall using sophisticated online tracking and alert call-in systems, including a new TV screen crawl and Twitter-like feeds, to prepare for future storms.

For one, the Texas Credit Union League notified its members this week it has hired a fledgling West Palm Beach, Fla. online firm, Stormpulse.com, to provide scrolling updates on a storm tracker system informing CU managements on the latest weather developments.

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