A damn Amber Alert scared the living crap out of me.

[Xonim]

If someone's calling me after hours, I can be sure it's a wrong number. That's why I always silence my phone.

KT

Amber Alerts make noise even if your phone is on silent. Mine was the first to go off in a meeting once, about 3 seconds later everyone's phone was going off.

 

[KeithTalent]

Amber Alerts make noise even if your phone is on silent. Mine was the first to go off in a meeting once, about 3 seconds later everyone's phone was going off.

Wow, really? Yeah, I would be disabling that nonsense right away.

KT

 

[IronWing]

Just this week we got a robocall from a lost pet alert service. A neighbor misplaced their dog and I guess paid a pet alert company to bother us.

 

[RossMAN]

Don't people silence their phones during the night? :hmm:

KT

Hells yeah my sleep is precious to me.

 

[SearchMaster]

Amber Alerts make noise even if your phone is on silent. Mine was the first to go off in a meeting once, about 3 seconds later everyone's phone was going off.

And you probably did a fist pump in your head and thought, "Yes!!! First!!!"

 

[Zeze]

Don't people silence their phones during the night? :hmm:

KT

Amber Alert is a level 99 spell that pierces silence. You can just turn it off in the setting though.

 

[Xonim]

Wow, really? Yeah, I would be disabling that nonsense right away.

KT

I left mine enabled, just in case. They happen so infrequently and if it helps to find the kid, I'll deal with the inconvenience.

And you probably did a fist pump in your head and thought, "Yes!!! First!!!"

More like "My wife and I pay Verizon $130/mo, but I'll be damned if I don't know everything first!"

 

[Bob the Coder]

Generally speaking, this seems to be a really polarizing subject. People pissed that their phones are going off due to an Amber Alert... others calling the first group selfish.

Look, it's 2am. Either I'm asleep and don't know where the fucking kid is, or I have the fucking kid. In either case, leave me alone.

 

[rh71]

turned it all off after receiving a severe weather alert for a hurricane a couple years back.

 

[IronWing]

And you probably did a fist pump in your head and thought, "Yes!!! First!!!"

I think the proper response would be to look under the table and announce, "well, she ain't here".

 

[Anubis]

Look, it's 2am. Either I'm asleep and don't know where the fucking kid is, or I have the fucking kid. In either case, leave me alone.

LOL

 

[Zeze]

turned it all off after receiving a severe weather alert for a hurricane a couple years back.

Yea, AA I can maybe understand.

But I got a series of 3-5 severe weather alerts in same 'THE WORLD IS ENDING' fashion for a typical business-as-usual for the incoming mediocre snow storm.

 

[nickbits]

I shut those off as soon as I found out about them. There is a 0% chance of me recognizing some kid I saw x time ago. I can barely find someone I know in a room of people.

 

[Exterous]

So you have APPathy installed?

You should feel bad about yourself

 

[Slew Foot]

Turned that shit off as soon as i could. id turn off the presidential alert as well but it wont let me.

 

[Anubis]

presidential alert ???

 

[Kushina]

I like em. What a cute kid. I havn't had one wake me up in the middle of the night but I have had a few scare the piss out of me lol.

 

[Slew Foot]

 

[KeithTalent]

You should feel bad about yourself

It was funny in my head! :awe:

KT

 

[dainthomas]

If someone's calling me after hours, I can be sure it's a wrong number. That's why I always silence my phone.

KT

Nothing's better than waking up at two in the morning to someone asking you if Fred is there. Mine is always silenced.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

I had to turn those off. Every monsoon season my phone would go apeshit with flashflood warnings.

 

[WelshBloke]

Where is that setting? I want to see if we have anything similar here.

 

[Xonim]

Where is that setting? I want to see if we have anything similar here.

For Android on Verizon (HTC One M8) there's an app pre-installed for it called Emergency Alerts. T-Mobile looks like it's the same way. I believe Sprint buries theirs in your default messaging app's settings.

 

[SearchMaster]

Heh - maybe Obama will use the Presidential Alert to broadcast an appropriate send-off message on his last day in office. iOS doesn't have that setting, just Amber Alerts and Emergency Alerts.

 

[Newell Steamer]

Heh - maybe Obama will use the Presidential Alert to broadcast an appropriate send-off message on his last day in office. iOS doesn't have that setting, just Amber Alerts and Emergency Alerts.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...-and-bloggers-say-obama-used-shutdown-close-/

Actually, each state has its own alert system, and national coordination takes place through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a private nonprofit, untouched by the federal stalemate.

In other words, Barry would have to call in 51 favors to pull this off.