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s1artibartfast on Oct 26, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Near San Jose, CA

Actual Amber Alerts are the ones that bother me. If I'm in my office or eating dinner, I don't want to know about a missing child last seen 20 miles away

hot_gril on Oct 26, 2022 [–]

Yeah, same. Wouldn't mind a silent alert, but the blaring alarm meant it got disabled.

ksaj on Nov 5, 2022 | [–]

If it was actually localized, the volume would be okay. But I live in Toronto and sometimes get amber alerts from Hamilton for parental custody disputes. That's definitely not how that system should be conducted.

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