We’ve had state-based similar systems before, though they have sometimes been unreliable, which is why this system is being rolled out at the federal level.
But I don’t think we’ll be getting something similar to your amber alerts. The article only describes two levels of alert, one for serious safety threats, and one for a warning that safety threats might be along soon.
We’ve already got amber alerts here, have for nearly a decade, except for some stupid reason the government did an exclusivity deal with Facebook so you only get them if you use their app.
That’s not really amber alerts then, and I don’t care what they call it. The whole point of amber alerts in America is that it’s a broadcast system similar in style to the emergency warning system that this post is about.
The US has a similar alert system for emergencies and most alerts you see are to look for a number plate because of a recent child abduction:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Emergency_Alerts
We’ve had state-based similar systems before, though they have sometimes been unreliable, which is why this system is being rolled out at the federal level.
But I don’t think we’ll be getting something similar to your amber alerts. The article only describes two levels of alert, one for serious safety threats, and one for a warning that safety threats might be along soon.
We’ve already got amber alerts here, have for nearly a decade, except for some stupid reason the government did an exclusivity deal with Facebook so you only get them if you use their app.
That’s not really amber alerts then, and I don’t care what they call it. The whole point of amber alerts in America is that it’s a broadcast system similar in style to the emergency warning system that this post is about.
Except for that one time they accidentally sent out the warning to everyone in Hawaii that ballistic missiles were inbound in 30 minutes
Oops 👀
My bad
Edit: found a wiki on it couldn’t remember the details
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert