Too many alarms leads to alarm fatigue. Ultimately the recipient of a message determines its priority not the sender. The majority of Amber Alerts are over par

Too many alarms leads to alarm fatigue. Ultimately the recipient of a message determines its priority not the sender. The majority of Amber Alerts are over parental child abduction and custody disputes. The authorities used to reserve it for when the child is in danger but now use it loosely. And over way too broad of a geographic area. And with no consideration to disrupting the sleep of millions of people. The alarm is more appropriate for something that's an immediate risk to life and limb of the message recipient - like a tornado warning or flash flood. Does it really need to shriek? And be an immediate alert? A notification upon the next phone pickup would be less objectionable.