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"The use of the sound is prohibited to prevent people becoming desensitized to something you should only hear in the most dire circumstances." and then the "pr
by bitsavers 4y ago
"The use of the sound is prohibited to prevent people becoming desensitized to something you should only hear in the most dire circumstances."
and then the "protect the children" people created Amber Alerts, which have done exactly that
- xcrunner529 4y ago[dead]
- gumby 4y agoI have amber alerts disabled because I can't imagine recognising someone driving around, with everything else going on in life. I have only heard the emergency broadcast system for real in the '89 bay area quake (I've heard tests many times). But I understand it's used frequently (legitimately) in tornado-prone areas.
- bitsavers 4y agoEAS radio announcements go out in the Bay Area for flooding (at least they are supposed to) I know we were careful to do it for Santa Clara county at KFJC
- cbsks 4y agoIn southern California we get emergency alerts for fire and flood evacuation orders. They are legitimately useful, when an evacuation order happens you want to know asap.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoRight. If the Amber Alerts had pictures with them, they might actually be useful. There's no way I'm going to confront someone on the streets (or even call the cops) based solely on a vague text description like "8-year-old girl with brown hair wearing a tee shirt and jeans".
- LinuxBender 4y agoHawaiians once received one of these alerts for "missile inbound" in error. [1] That may have had an impact on sensitivity to these alerts. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_aler...