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Originally Posted by Ped
Considering you can cross Ontario in pretty much a day, I don't see any valid reason not to have the alerts go out.
People get waken up all the time by inane things. Dogs barking. Gunfire. Shouts and loud parties. Doors slamming.
Amber Alert? Call 911. It's a few seconds out of your life for a chance to save a child's life.
Suck it up and go back to sleep.
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those things are rare, not happening on a bi-weekly basis, but when any of those things do wake you up you call the police/bylaw to put an end to it. never heard a door slam loud enough from another house to wake me tho.
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Originally Posted by transplant99
Well its actually "think of this specific child who's LIFE has been deemed to be in danger".
"here is their name and description and where they might be and what vehicle they might be in"
"If you can help us...great! If not, go back to sleep."
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but which part of that would change if the alert only flashed on your phone and had the big text message that shows up without the alarm blaring?
anybody awake when it goes out will still see the alert and anyone sleeping isn't in a position to help. If most people are like me, they'd get the alert, wake up see its an amber alert, close it and go back to sleep. Big help there. I only recall one alert going out in Alberta (other than the tests) but happening every 3 weeks would get tiring, I get way fewer telemarket calls than that and it's enough for them to annoy me.