Amber Phone Alerts

comebackgirl

I've yet to get an Amber Alert, but I got a similar emergency alert at 2:30am the other night warning of "flash floods" after we had some heavy rain. I didn't know wtf was happening. What an ungodly fucking noise! :shock: I jumped out of bed thinking my house was burning down, all ready to grab my cat and as many shoes as I could carry. Then I read the text, looked at my husband to see if he could help determine if we needed to evacuate the house in that instant. He didn't stir in his sleep at all so I decided it was ok to go back to bed. Alerts have been turned OFF. If you have an iPhone, go to the Settings, then Notifications and at the bottom you can turn the Amber Alerts and Emergency Alerts off. If the planet implodes I'll find out when it happens. :fp: I don't need to know these things in advance :nono:

mca47

comebackgirl wrote:

I've yet to get an Amber Alert, but I got a similar emergency alert at 2:30am the other night warning of "flash floods" after we had some heavy rain. I didn't know wtf was happening. What an ungodly fucking noise! :shock: I jumped out of bed thinking my house was burning down, all ready to grab my cat and as many shoes as I could carry. Then I read the text, looked at my husband to see if he could help determine if we needed to evacuate the house in that instant. He didn't stir in his sleep at all so I decided it was ok to go back to bed. Alerts have been turned OFF. If you have an iPhone, go to the Settings, then Notifications and at the bottom you can turn the Amber Alerts and Emergency Alerts off. If the planet implodes I'll find out when it happens. :fp: I don't need to know these things in advance :nono:

Amen girly! :thumbup:

comebackgirl

Caveeze wrote:

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

might I suggest this instead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUc_jXBD9DU

:fp: