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I am very surprised to find out that people are still unaware that this is happening, I had to mention it to my partner this morning who had no idea (or forgot)

I am very surprised to find out that people are still unaware that this is happening, I had to mention it to my partner this morning who had no idea (or forgot) since he mentioned having a call 10 minutes after it was supposed to happen. This seemed like one of those things that has been communicated extremely well? Or am I being shocked by being in the tech bubble once again? Also I just don't get all the conspiracy theories about this. I mean how long has Amber alerts existed? Or whether emergency alerts existed? This really isn't that much different but is just national instead of more locally based. As long as it isn't abused I feel like this is a good thing to have in place. One of those, well hope we never need to use it but if/when it becomes a necessity we will be glad it exists.

nathancahill 3y ago
If only there was a way to send a mass message to everyone to tell them this was planned..
- ceejayoz 3y ago
  It'd be really nice if the emergency alert system had pre-test non-emergency push notification functionality built into it.
  - xoa 3y ago
    That actually seems like a good potential addition. 72/48/24/12h beforehand everyone gets a regular text or notification, no priority, no noise, doesn't bypass quiet/sleep/focus modes, but there that says there is an upcoming test of the real deal.
    - nerdjon 3y ago
      I was actually kinda surprised all of the cell phone carriers didn't send out a text like "just FYI". No link or anything, just to let anyone know that doesn't know.
jedberg 3y ago
I think you live in a bubble. I live in the same bubble, but other than this post, the only other notice I got was from my kid's elementary school. I haven't seen any other news or posts about it.
sneak 3y ago
There should be a government RSS feed of things that are actually news and of import to every member of society. There shouldn’t be more than 3-6 messages on it per year.
- lxgr 3y ago
  Defining what constitutes an "actual" emergency is probably a non-trivial political discussion in and of itself.

nathancahill 3y ago

If only there was a way to send a mass message to everyone to tell them this was planned..

ceejayoz 3y ago
It'd be really nice if the emergency alert system had pre-test non-emergency push notification functionality built into it.
- xoa 3y ago
  That actually seems like a good potential addition. 72/48/24/12h beforehand everyone gets a regular text or notification, no priority, no noise, doesn't bypass quiet/sleep/focus modes, but there that says there is an upcoming test of the real deal.
  - nerdjon 3y ago
    I was actually kinda surprised all of the cell phone carriers didn't send out a text like "just FYI". No link or anything, just to let anyone know that doesn't know.

jedberg 3y ago

I think you live in a bubble. I live in the same bubble, but other than this post, the only other notice I got was from my kid's elementary school. I haven't seen any other news or posts about it.

sneak 3y ago

There should be a government RSS feed of things that are actually news and of import to every member of society. There shouldn’t be more than 3-6 messages on it per year.

lxgr 3y ago
Defining what constitutes an "actual" emergency is probably a non-trivial political discussion in and of itself.