Fricken Amber Alerts

[Jadow]

need to be more focused. this one woke up about 200,000 in western wi. ~200 miles from where it was located. I was sick all weekend, finally got to sleep and 20 min later...ugh

http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/Criteria-for-issuing-statewide-Amber-Alerts-277475431.html

 

[smackababy]

Are you suggesting it would impossible for someone to abduct a child and travel ~200 miles away?

Also, you can turn off Amber Alerts. At least, you can on iPhones.

 

[Anubis]

pretty sure you can disable them on your phone

I did (android)

or mute your phone at night. or blah blah blah

 

[AznAnarchy99]

pretty sure you can disable them on your phone

I did (android)

I have a weird sense of guilt if I turn them off lol.

 

[Kadarin]

I have a weird sense of guilt if I turn them off lol.

I don't.

 

[Brovane]

Unless I am on-call for work my cell phone gets turned off when I sleep. Problem solved.

 

[Jadow]

Are you suggesting it would impossible for someone to abduct a child and travel ~200 miles away?

Also, you can turn off Amber Alerts. At least, you can on iPhones.

no, but it's stupid for it to be limited to state borders. chicago was much closer, no alert there.

 

[JulesMaximus]

pretty sure you can disable them on your phone

I did (android)

or mute your phone at night. or blah blah blah

My cell phone gets tossed in a drawer in the kitchen as soon as I get home.

 

[smackababy]

no, but it's stupid for it to be limited to state borders. chicago was much closer, no alert there.

Everyone knows if you abduct a person, you never take them to Chicago... Rule #1 of abduction: avoid Chicago at all costs.

 

[Crono]

Never got an Amber alert on my phone, only extreme weather ones. My phone is almost always on silent otherwise.

 

[Jadow]

Everyone knows if you abduct a person, you never take them to Chicago... Rule #1 of abduction: avoid Chicago at all costs.

Rule #1 of life: avoid Chicago at all costs.

 

[smackababy]

Rule #1 of life: avoid Chicago at all costs.

Coming from someone that lives in Wisconsin, that is rich. We're glad you can't make the trip down. We don't want to hear about how you own part of the Packers. We don't care, and you don't get anything from owning them anyway.

 

[lxskllr]

In my three months of phone ownership(well... renting until the contract's over), I haven't gotten a single alert for anything. If they become an issue, alerts will be turned off.

 

[lupi]

vibrate is an amazing thing. and anyone complaining about an amber alert should be kicked in the balls by a line of recovered amber alert children.

 

[Jeff7]

need to be more focused. this one woke up about 200,000 in western wi. ~200 miles from where it was located. I was sick all weekend, finally got to sleep and 20 min later...ugh

http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/Criteria-for-issuing-statewide-Amber-Alerts-277475431.html

Huh, it sucks that phone manufacturers have fully disabled the "off" feature.











:hmm:

 

[Miramonti]

Am I the only one that thinks this when I read the thread title...

 

[PowerEngineer]

Coming from someone that lives in Wisconsin, that is rich. We're glad you can't make the trip down. We don't want to hear about how you own part of the Packers. We don't care, and you don't get anything from owning them anyway.

Sounds like a bitter Bears fan to me!

 

[MongGrel]

My cell phone gets tossed in a drawer in the kitchen as soon as I get home.

I don't even carry mine, it lives on the Kitchen counter as the house phone.

 

[Printer Bandit]

What Amber alerts sound like:

http://youtu.be/ItD6dQa5ncw

 

[Exterous]

Wait - this is a thing with cell phones? I've never had a cell phone that did this

 

[TheSlamma]

Again, use the first world problem thread for this whiny shit

 

[rh71]

Just turn off the alerts. I've done it on Android also.

Vibrate still vibrates on my night table making noise. Always leaving it on vibrate doesn't let me know my phone is ringing when I'm in the kitchen preparing lunch, etc.

 

[RossMAN]

or mute your phone at night. or blah blah blah

This.