U.S. test of national alerts on Oct. 4 at 2:20pm EDT (1820 UTC)
Sean Donelan
sean at donelan.com
Wed Oct 4 18:55:29 UTC 2023
There are dozens of WEA alerts every day, 365x7 days a year. If you leave
a hidden burner phone turned on the other 364 days a year, it will make a
noise from something else. Software mute buttons never mute everything.
Some groups use once a year events to get publicity for their causes
(zombies, 5G, complaints about government, whatever). Hawaii tests their
state-wide siren system every month. There are likely a few people who
complain they were sleeping when the sirens are tested.
People who complain about everything, will likely complain about
everything.
On Wed, 4 Oct 2023, Collider wrote:
> Some people have to for their safety or medical health (e.g. they're hiding
> a burner phone from an abusive relative, or their blood pressure goes up
> dangerously high when jumpscared).
>
> The kinds of people who remove batteries from smoke alarms are going to
> unfortunately use this affordance, if it's offered. I say let them.
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