Check your closets, folks

By Spooked - 18/11/2023 21:00 - United States

Today, I was woken up in the middle of the night by an alarm on my phone going off. Thinking it was warning me of an incoming weather emergency, I checked it. It was a Silver Alert near me. Why wake me up for this? FML
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core01 30

Narcissistic ahole who thinks old ppl in danger are annoying

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Billsonhamsen 17

I don't know if you live there but California has several different alert systems depending on who is lost. It's going to get to the point where people just turn off the alerts on their phone. Just like that prop 65 warning label. When everything is a cancer hazard and you label it that way you're unable to evaluate the actual risk.

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core01 30

Narcissistic ahole who thinks old ppl in danger are annoying

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Billsonhamsen 17

Do you know if they can release these alerts just to local areas? Statewide manhunt for an old person who can only walk two blocks may not always make sense. Releasing it to a specific area and saying there's an old person in your area missing might make more sense.

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Jessica Carey 11

I'm so sure they did that just to annoy you and they know exactly when people are asleep 🙄🙄 get over yourself

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Billsonhamsen 17

OP did say the middle of the night. Don't you think it's safe to assume that people are sleeping in the middle of the night? I think I'll be a safe bet like 80% of the time.

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Billsonhamsen 17

I don't know if you live there but California has several different alert systems depending on who is lost. It's going to get to the point where people just turn off the alerts on their phone. Just like that prop 65 warning label. When everything is a cancer hazard and you label it that way you're unable to evaluate the actual risk.

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Chazzster 28

OP, most phones can be set as to what emergency alarms they notify you of. Check out your phone settings… OP, I agree that an alert in the middle of the night when you are sleeping for something that you cannot do anything to help at that time, and is not an urgent personal safety warning is unwarranted. And that’s why most phones can be set as to what emergency alarms go through.

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