OT>>Amber Alert

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Agreed. At this point people are definitely ignoring it and getting pissed.

Why does the warning say the kid is "approximately 4"? Do they not know his age?

4 feet tall
kid is 8 years old

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This annoying message has come on 5 times during the game. Not once does a photo of the child, assailant, vehicle, or possible paths been shown.


Meanwhile, the OT has provided pics of both child and abductor, vehicle, past arrest records, news articles on the troubled couples past...all within minutes of the alert.


Just make sure you call nine hundred eleven if you see them...

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This has been fricking annoying as hell today. I've been watching Fox all day and they do the cut in every 20-30 minutes. That robo voice n ever says anyuthing new. Wy not have a text scroll? I flipped back to the race on NBC earlier and they had a text scroll. No problem with the audio amber alert, but why not have a human read it? That voice makes it hard to understand a few people said they were looking for a girl who was 5 when it's a boy that's four.

Not to mention two text messages on my phone.
I get the alert and it's a great thing, but the robo voice drives me.

Call off the dogs. They found the kid

I wonder how often a kid has been rescued because someone saw the alert on TV and then later recognized the kid or suspect. I don't recall hearing any stories about the alert actually saving someone. Seems they would promote that if the alerts really work.