N11 - Calling All Gardeners

Wake Up on the Bright Side  Every month has an 11th day, and I think about the N11 set of numbers. So today, we look at this a bit. "In November 1967, the FCC met with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) to find a means of establishing a universal emergency number that could be implemented quickly. In 1968, AT&T announced that it would establish the digits 9-1-1 (nine-one-one) as the emergency code throughout the United States." If we were in the United Kingdom, it would be 999.  112 is the equivalent in the European Union.  There are eight numbers in the N11 code set.   2-1-1: Community services and information (eg: United Way of America) 3-1-1: Municipal government services, non-emergency number 4-1-1: Directory assistance 5-1-1: Traffic information or police non-emergency services 6-1-1: Telephone company (telco) customer service and repair 7-1-1: TDD and Relay Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 8-1-1: Underground public utility location (United States);[1] non-emergency health information and services (Canada) 9-1-1: Emergency services (police, fire, ambulance/rescue services) (4-1-1 and 6-1-1 are commonly used within the U.S. but not officially assigned by the FCC) The first city in North America to use a central emergency number was the Canadian city of Winnipeg, in 1959.  999 was used at the time, and was switched over with the U.S. introduction.  Today on May 11th, we can celebrate NATIONAL TWILIGHT ZONE DAY.  To discover all of May's "National Days" check out National Day Calendar.