alert_states = new Array(31);
alert_states[0] = new Array ("AL","Alabama");
alert_states[1] = new Array ("AK","Alaska");
alert_states[2] = new Array ("AR","Arkansas");
alert_states[3] = new Array ("CA","California");
alert_states[4] = new Array ("CO","Colorado");
alert_states[5] = new Array ("FL","Florida");
alert_states[6] = new Array ("GA","Georgia");
alert_states[7] = new Array ("IL","Illinois");
alert_states[8] = new Array ("IN","Indiana");
alert_states[9] = new Array ("IA","Iowa");
alert_states[10] = new Array ("KS","Kansas");
alert_states[11] = new Array ("KY","Kentucky");
alert_states[12] = new Array ("LA","Louisiana");
alert_states[13] = new Array ("ME","Maine");
alert_states[14] = new Array ("MD","Maryland");
alert_states[15] = new Array ("MA","Massachusetts");
alert_states[16] = new Array ("MI","Michigan");
alert_states[17] = new Array ("MN","Minnesota");
alert_states[18] = new Array ("MS","Mississippi");
alert_states[19] = new Array ("MO","Missouri");
alert_states[20] = new Array ("MT","Montana");
alert_states[21] = new Array ("NE","Nebraska");
alert_states[22] = new Array ("NM","New Mexico");
alert_states[23] = new Array ("ND","North Dakota");
alert_states[24] = new Array ("OR","Oregon");
alert_states[25] = new Array ("SC","South Carolina");
alert_states[26] = new Array ("SD","South Dakota");
alert_states[27] = new Array ("TN","Tennessee");
alert_states[28] = new Array ("TX","Texas");
alert_states[29] = new Array ("WA","Washington");
alert_states[30] = new Array ("WV","West Virginia");