So all official channels like fire departments, police, emergency alerts etc should stop using Twitter immediately. The Arizona fire department dealing with the diamond wildfire right now keeps referring to their Twitter in press conferences about where to go for the most up-to-date info.

It was never a good idea for public services to use a private company for emergency communications. they never should've done that. Many cities and counties don't put alerts anywhere BUT twitter which is why this is an issue. I don't think anyone is complaining about having to speak to each other or read the news, call off your damn dogs.