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Do you turn off Amber Alerts on your phone?
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:17 pm
After the Presidential alert I have seen several people state something along the line of "I didn't get the alert but I have Amber Alerts turned off so maybe that's why". I guess they can become annoying but I always leave it on, just in case I happen to be driving down the road when it goes off and the car next to me is the exact one they are describing. Do y'all leave it on or off? Any reasons besides it being annoying?
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Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:20 pm to al_cajun
Mine are on, but I didn't get the Trumpidential Alert.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:20 pm to al_cajun
Leave it on for the same reason as you. figured its the least I could do
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:22 pm to al_cajun
You're not supposed to touch your phone or something while you drive. Yes, you could call in if the car next to you is the one they're describing but you'd be breaking the law. Two wrongs don't make a right.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:22 pm to al_cajun
i have all alerts turned off and i still got the alert, those who didnt get an alert just have crappy phone service providers and/or crappy phones
the alerts are a national warning alert, you cannot "opt out" or turn those off, if you could, then that the whole point of having them
the alerts are a national warning alert, you cannot "opt out" or turn those off, if you could, then that the whole point of having them
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:25 pm to saturday
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You're not supposed to touch your phone or something while you drive. Yes, you could call in if the car next to you is the one they're describing but you'd be breaking the law. Two wrongs don't make a right.
You do realize that an Amber Alert is an alert about a missing, likely abducted, child?
So you're saying that if you had a strong indication that the car on the road next to you was involved in kidnapping a child, you wouldn't call that in for fear of breaking the no cell phone use while driving law??
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:26 pm to keakar
So what does this do then?
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:28 pm to al_cajun
I have everything turned off... All they do is startle the shite out of me.
You know I'm 25 pounds overweight, I don't need a blast to the ticker like that!
You know I'm 25 pounds overweight, I don't need a blast to the ticker like that!
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:30 pm to Tigereye10005
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You do realize that an Amber Alert is an alert about a missing, likely abducted, child?
So you're saying that if you had a strong indication that the car on the road next to you was involved in kidnapping a child, you wouldn't call that in for fear of breaking the no cell phone use while driving law??
You do realize I wasn't being serious?
Obviously not, please realize this now.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:32 pm to al_cajun
I turned them off after I got two of them one Tuesday night at 3am.
My wife leaves them on so it really had no effect .
My wife leaves them on so it really had no effect .
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:33 pm to al_cajun
Yea, I don't need my girl thinking that I have a side piece named Amber blowing up my phone.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:34 pm to Slagathor
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You know I'm 25 pounds overweight, I don't need a blast to the ticker like that!
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:37 pm to Displaced
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I turned them off after I got two of them one Tuesday night at 3am.
Same here. Turned off severe weather alerts for the same reason. I still got the presidential alert today though.
I'd keep Amber Alerts turned on if there was an option to mute the noise and just have the alert notification show up on the screen.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:37 pm to al_cajun
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So what does this do then?
That'll turn off Amber and Local Weather/Emergency Alerts.
But this came from FEMA over something different. I have those turned off and got the Presidential Alert.
ETA: I care about chirrens but I get them over WBRZ notifications.
This post was edited on 10/3/18 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:44 pm to al_cajun
Anybody remember the Auburn game in Tiger Stadium in 2015? There was an amber alert in like the second quarter, and I remember looking up and everybody was either pulling their phones out of their pockets, or looking at them to see what was notifying them
This topic totally reminded me of that
This topic totally reminded me of that
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:48 pm to al_cajun
Amber Alert turned off for me - florida man always seems to do that shite @ 3am when I need to sleep.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:52 pm to al_cajun
I turned them off after I got an alert in the middle of the night from 200 miles away.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:54 pm to al_cajun
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"I didn't get the alert but I have Amber Alerts turned off so maybe that's why".
That isn’t why. You can’t opt out of these alerts.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:56 pm to TH03
I didnt get the alert at 1:18 like everyone else at lunch....I checked my phone and I had Amber Alerts turned off...so I turned it on..about 5 min later I got the alert..
Posted on 10/3/18 at 2:57 pm to TH03
Obviously having Amber alerts off will not stop you from receiving the presidential alert. That's not even the point of the thread.
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