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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 64335912 United States 08/03/2015 03:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's the official statement on Amber Alert. We should be having an Amber Alert all the time...B. Did you receive an AMBER Alert on your phone? Learn more about the new Wireless Emergency Alert program. As of January 1, 2013, AMBER Alerts™ will now be automatically sent through the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) program to millions of cell phone users. If you have a WEA-enabled phone, you are automatically enrolled for the three alerts: President, Imminent Threat and AMBER Alerts. The addition of AMBER Alerts to this notification system is a result of a partnership between CTIA and the wireless industry, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 62886683 United States 08/03/2015 03:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The National Weather Service relays, but doesn't directly issue, most AMBER Alerts and statewide civil emergency alerts so the alert can be picked up via the Emergency Alert System and transmitted to your phone, television set, etc, etc. But yeah, this recent rash of 'Presidential warning' awareness is starting to look somewhat shady. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 64335912 United States 08/03/2015 04:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I Googled missing kids in Georgia for 2015 and there are plenty of news listings for July alone. Like I said, my phone should be giving off that loud ass Alert Tone every day but it doesn't. That system is not intended for a missing kid...this system was subsidized by gov funds for other Alert reasons that have nothing to do with kids. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1712129 United States 08/03/2015 04:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I Googled missing kids in Georgia for 2015 and there are plenty of news listings for July alone. Like I said, my phone should be giving off that loud ass Alert Tone every day but it doesn't. That system is not intended for a missing kid...this system was subsidized by gov funds for other Alert reasons that have nothing to do with kids. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64335912 Amber Alerts ARE NOT FOR MISSING KIDS. They are for known abductions. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 64335912 United States 08/03/2015 05:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ive only gotten that sound once, and its creep as hell. built in govt shit you cant disable Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69708287 thinking about rooting my phone Yeah, when it went off today, I was thinking something like nuclear war because of the shrill of the sound. Then I read it but thought...damn I don't know what I'd do if this was a real alert. For sure, the roads to the mountains would be bumper to bumper. If you tried to leave at night, the police would surely have everything blockaded by then with detour signs all the way to the nearby Fema location. Anyway, it was rather surreal |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 64335912 United States 08/03/2015 05:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ive only gotten that sound once, and its creep as hell. built in govt shit you cant disable Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69708287 thinking about rooting my phone Yeah, when it went off today, I was thinking something like nuclear war because of the shrill of the sound. Then I read it but thought...damn I don't know what I'd do if this was a real alert. For sure, the roads to the mountains would be bumper to bumper. If you tried to leave at night, the police would surely have everything blockaded by then with detour signs all the way to the nearby Fema location. Anyway, it was rather surreal |
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