Delivery not running. Hub closed. Routes canceled. Are these things you wish you knew? We now have an easy way to find out. Text alerts!

To sign up for the service, you simply need to send a text to 84483 with one of the following keywords:

• Champaign (for the Champaign hub notifications)
• Carbondale (for the Carbondale hub notifications)
• Edwardsville (for the Edwardsville hub notifications)

If we have a system wide notification, we will send it out to all of the hub locations. Alternatively, you may simply open your browser and go to www.rainedout.net Once there, search for our organization (Illinois Heartland Library System) and then you are able to sign up. You may sign up for text alerts and/or email alerts.

That’s it! We promise not to inundate you with frivolous texts, just closings/delays. We are hoping to use this to keep you informed along with, of course, posting closings/delays on the website. There are just times that getting to the website is not convenient.

There is no cost to sign up, and regular service provider message rates apply.

Feel free to contact us with any questions/comments/woo woos!