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Originally Posted by Swarly
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.
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.
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Why do people think that being awake or asleep at the time the alert goes out automatically determines whether you are able to help? First, who knows when you went to sleep? You could have been awake minutes before and seen something of interest. Secondly, even if you were asleep for the last few hours, something earlier in the day could be a clue - “oh, I remember seeing that car in front on me, it was turning east on the highway”.
Anyway, this isn’t like some “boy who cried wolf” scenario like somebody described. They don’t just send out there alerts for questionable reasons. It’s pretty safe to say that any alert is pretty serious.