Amber Phone Alerts

mca47
mca47 Posts: 13,337
edited August 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
Let me start by saying that I hope this girl is found and that creep is locked up.

That said, I got two Amber Alerts sent to my iPhone today while I was working in Vegas. The first, the entire clinic started ringing. Dozens of phones going off at once!! So fn annoying!!
The second was on the plane. Doors closed, phones "turned off", plane is taxiing....Amber Alert comes through...about 30 phones ring. Flight attendant at first was mad then started laughing.
It's so fn annoying!

Sorry future abductees...this guy has turned this bullshit off.

Anyone else have to deal with this nonsense?
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  • StevieG
    StevieG Ontario Posts: 850
    This "nonsense" might actually save a child's life!! The nerve of them to interfere with your mundane activities. Would you feel the same if your child was abducted?

    Seriously man, get a grip!!
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    I guess I wouldn't mind so much if it was a simple text message. When those phones go off it sounds like a nuke has been launched and we should take cover. It's a bit much...



    Kidnappings, fugitives, bank robbers, drug dealers, car jackers... Should we get notified of them too?
  • elvistheking44
    elvistheking44 Posts: 4,546
    mca47 wrote:
    I guess I wouldn't mind so much if it was a simple text message. When those phones go off it sounds like a nuke has been launched and we should take cover. It's a bit much...



    Kidnappings, fugitives, bank robbers, drug dealers, car jackers... Should we get notified of them too?
    You obviously have no children. Quite the wrong thing to bitch about.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    ofthegirl99 wrote:
    mca47 wrote:
    I guess I wouldn't mind so much if it was a simple text message. When those phones go off it sounds like a nuke has been launched and we should take cover. It's a bit much...



    Kidnappings, fugitives, bank robbers, drug dealers, car jackers... Should we get notified of them too?
    You obviously have no children. Quite the wrong thing to bitch about.
    I feel for the girl, I want her to be safe... I don't like the process.
    Simple enough.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    california did one the other night for the first time...i was just about to climb into bed and my phone started making an ungodly noise

    i'm ok with it, i guess...hopefully the technology can be used on other emergencies (criminal on the loose in your neighborhood, evacuations etc) but amber alerts are pretty much wasted on me...i couldn't identify anyone even if they were right in front of me...just never been that observant
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    norm wrote:
    california did one the other night for the first time...i was just about to climb into bed and my phone started making an ungodly noise

    i'm ok with it, i guess...hopefully the technology can be used on other emergencies (criminal on the loose in your neighborhood, evacuations etc) but amber alerts are pretty much wasted on me...i couldn't identify anyone even if they were right in front of me...just never been that observant
    Yeah, I realized you can turn off the Amber alerts and leave on Emergency alerts.
    The Amber Alert today was so vague that I could have been sitting right next to them and not realized it.
    Again, I'd be ok if it was a simple text message....not the sound of the world coming to an end. :fp:
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Sounds like you've missed the point.


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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    Rygar wrote:
    Sounds like you've missed the point.


    http://www.alertfm.com/products/alertfm/

    Sorry, but everyone's phone going off to the sound of a Cold War nuclear siren for an Amber Alert for a girl abducted in another state with vague instructions or descriptions...seems like they missed the point.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    mca47 wrote:
    Rygar wrote:
    Sounds like you've missed the point.


    http://www.alertfm.com/products/alertfm/

    Sorry, but everyone's phone going off to the sound of a Cold War nuclear siren for an Amber Alert for a girl abducted in another state with vague instructions or descriptions...seems like they missed the point.
    Well you left out that it was another state, but that's besides the point (unless they had information that said person was last seen or believed to be heading towards your area/state).
    It's potentially a matter of life and death - they need the message to hit as many people as possible as quickly as possible. The vague instructions are also supposed to include "where to get more information" as they can't give you a novel in one alert.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    Rygar wrote:
    mca47 wrote:
    Rygar wrote:
    Sounds like you've missed the point.


    http://www.alertfm.com/products/alertfm/

    Sorry, but everyone's phone going off to the sound of a Cold War nuclear siren for an Amber Alert for a girl abducted in another state with vague instructions or descriptions...seems like they missed the point.
    Well you left out that it was another state, but that's besides the point.
    It's potentially a matter of life and death - they need the message to hit as many people as possible as quickly as possible. The vague instructions are also supposed to include "where to get more information" as they can't give you a novel in one alert.

    I'm all for the idea of the alert....just not in the "end of the world" siren.
    I've gotten Emergency alerts in similar means for severe weather on my phone. But those at least had detail.

    The messages I got for the Amber Alert basically said "Amber Alert: Man abducted 16 year old girl in S. California". :fp: I could have called the cops on about 50 dads and daughters after getting that.

    Again, I'm all for the idea of it just not how it's implemented.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    So you can turn it off but you can't control the tone?

    Same idea as the radio - blaring siren to get your attention (that's the point of the siren, naturally).
  • CAVSTARR313
    CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    mca47 wrote:

    I'm all for the idea of the alert....just not in the "end of the world" siren.
    I've gotten Emergency alerts in similar means for severe weather on my phone. But those at least had detail.

    The messages I got for the Amber Alert basically said "Amber Alert: Man abducted 16 year old girl in S. California". :fp: I could have called the cops on about 50 dads and daughters after getting that.

    Again, I'm all for the idea of it just not how it's implemented.
    I think it would be very weird if they used a happier or more pleasant sounding tone.. tone needs to fit the mood.. panic
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    Rygar wrote:
    So you can turn it off but you can't control the tone?
    I don't believe so. Just checked and didn't see how you can change it.
    Everyone's phone (all smart phones) had the same siren.
    It was also the same siren I've received for severe weather alerts.
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    I think it's a great idea in theory but the ringtone thing has to change - there was a good article about this in the LA Times yesterday. It can't be so annoying that people turn off their phone. But right now it's pretty annoying. And I've got kids. But I won't turn it off.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I will side with MCA on this one.

    It's not that people don't care, but if you don't know about this amber alert on the west coast with all of the news and social media outlets available, then you're living under a rock.

    I just got another alert that they were in California . . . only a few states away. Of course they were by the Canadian border (or so they thought) yesterday. But now they're back in cali. I think the constant tv, newssites and Facebook postings garner enough attention.
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Caveeze wrote:
    I think it would be very weird if they used a happier or more pleasant sounding tone.. tone needs to fit the mood.. panic
    This is important, as people would likely turn it off or to something they'd soon forget. I just find it odd that they give you control over receiving the alerts but not the tone itself.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I will side with MCA on this one.

    It's not that people don't care, but if you don't know about this amber alert on the west coast with all of the news and social media outlets available, then you're living under a rock.

    I just got another alert that they were in California . . . only a few states away. Of course they were by the Canadian border (or so they thought) yesterday. But now they're back in cali. I think the constant tv, newssites and Facebook postings garner enough attention.
    Watching NBC Nightly News now. Amber Alerts in 4 states.

    What's also dumb about it is once you open your phone, you can't access the message again. So if I'm driving down the road and see something that "could be" I can't pull up the message to see the car model or lic plate # or any other info. :fp:
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    The tone isn't THAT annoying. It's not some new noise they made for the sake of driving people up the walls, it was already a ringtone option in your phone. My boss uses it as his regular ringtone.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    mca47 wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I will side with MCA on this one.

    It's not that people don't care, but if you don't know about this amber alert on the west coast with all of the news and social media outlets available, then you're living under a rock.

    I just got another alert that they were in California . . . only a few states away. Of course they were by the Canadian border (or so they thought) yesterday. But now they're back in cali. I think the constant tv, newssites and Facebook postings garner enough attention.
    Watching NBC Nightly News now. Amber Alerts in 4 states.

    What's also dumb about it is once you open your phone, you can't access the message again. So if I'm driving down the road and see something that "could be" I can't pull up the message to see the car model or lic plate # or any other info. :fp:

    :lol: oh good so it wasn't just me that can't find the message or even where to access this emergency area of the phone
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    norm wrote:
    mca47 wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I will side with MCA on this one.

    It's not that people don't care, but if you don't know about this amber alert on the west coast with all of the news and social media outlets available, then you're living under a rock.

    I just got another alert that they were in California . . . only a few states away. Of course they were by the Canadian border (or so they thought) yesterday. But now they're back in cali. I think the constant tv, newssites and Facebook postings garner enough attention.
    Watching NBC Nightly News now. Amber Alerts in 4 states.

    What's also dumb about it is once you open your phone, you can't access the message again. So if I'm driving down the road and see something that "could be" I can't pull up the message to see the car model or lic plate # or any other info. :fp:

    :lol: oh good so it wasn't just me that can't find the message or even where to access this emergency area of the phone
    Nope. :lol:
    I tried looking for it too...couldn't find it anywhere.
    Bigtime :fp: !

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