CORONA Just got an alert

[Dinghy]

I just about jumped out of my skin a minute ago. I had a loud emergency alert signal type of noise come in on my cell phone. I’ve only ever heard something like that for a severe storm in the area.
Made me think of Trumps EAS year that we got.
I have never gotten a Covid alert before.

 

[Dozdoats]

Well, if you were not Covid Alert before, I bet you are now!

 

[Jubilee on Earth]

Yeah, we got the same thing a week or so ago when Michigan’s Whitless shut everything down. Same thing. Scared the crap out of us. Totally unnecessary.

 

[vestige]

Well, if you were not Covid Alert before, I bet you are now!

Similar to gonorrhea alerts when we were young bro.

No sweat

 

[Betty_Rose]

What pure and unmitigated BS. Marketwatch (online financial news) had a big article about how we’re all gonna die from Covid.

It’s insanity. Literally mass hysteria. And the media keeps doling it out.

 

[Millwright]

Similar to gonorrhea alerts when we were young bro.

No sweat

Yeah, but that was through contact tracing.

 

[Meemur]

This is why I generally keep my phone turned off.

 

[vestige]

Yeah, but that was through contact tracing.

Naw


I had girlfriends only known to God.

But that was 50 years ago.


I am straight as as an arrow now

 

[Dozdoats]

And the media keeps doling it out.

The media is the cheer squad for Team Biden, Team Communist, the Great Reset, Green New Deal, etc.

Blow 'em off - TURN 'em off. Go read a good book.

 

[EMICT]

These 'alerts' seem to be occurring in states where the election results are being questioned. I wonder if this is just a coincidence.

 

[et2]

Yeah ... it stops you from using your phone until you confirm seeing the message. You can’t just ignore the bastards.

 

[Raggedyman]

Naw


I had girlfriends only known to God.

But that was 50 years ago.


I am straight as as an arrow now

WAYYYYY back . . . when he was young and pretty . . . sumtime around 456 BCE

 

[Dennis Olson]

Meh

 

[vestige]

WAYYYYY back . . . when he was young and pretty . . . sumtime around 456 BCE

I haven't been pretty for a long time

But I still
Remember the exercise

 

[Warthog]

Boooooooo!

 

[Profit of Doom]

WAYYYYY back . . . when he was young and pretty . . . sumtime around 456 BCE

On a Tuesday...

 

[BassMan]

Got something similar in MD, about "enforcement" of masking, etc., starting today at 5:00pm.

 

[samus79]

We got one here in Illinois back on Friday

 

[1911user]

On my past 2 cell phones, I was able to turn off all alerts except presidental alerts. For those with out of control governors, it might be worth looking for alert settings in your phone.

 

[Raggedyman]

I haven't been pretty for a long time

But I still
Remember the exercise

you're the best v!

 

[Raggedyman]

On a Tuesday...

for about 3.76 nano seconds . . .

 

[Raggedyman]

I'm feeling really left out - my flip phone - circa 1828 - doesn't get those

 

[DryCreek]

What pure and unmitigated BS. Marketwatch (online financial news) had a big article about how we’re all gonna die from Covid.

It’s insanity. Literally mass hysteria. And the media keeps doling it out.

I've never met a hooker who kept a guest sign-in sheet.

 

[Red Baron]

These China Flu Alerts, and others, are the latest abuse of the EAS concept. They diminish the relevancy of a real public emergency.

A "real emergency" I define as a situation that requires a large group of people to immediately take very specific actions to protect themselves from a life threatening situation.

Just in the last month, a neighboring county (Waukesha) in SE Wisconsin has issued 3 "Extreme Alerts" on my smart phone regarding police matters. One was issued at 4:15 am. A carjacking, two police shot, and a missing elderly person. Not exactly earthshaking and not really relevant to people in neighboring counties. Also these alerts give few or no details other than "police activity" or "avoid the area".

Milwaukee County sent an "extreme alert" stating that bus service would be suspended from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am. No details were given.

Why do I get Amber Alerts from the complete other side of the state?

I -really- wish they would stop using the classic EAS alert tone. Use something else so I can ignore it.

 

[Samuel Adams]

And the media keeps doling it out.

The media is the cheer squad for Team Biden, Team Communist, the Great Reset, Green New Deal, etc.

Blow 'em off - TURN 'em off. Go read a good book.

You allergic to pitchforks ?

 

[Faroe]

These China Flu Alerts, and others, are the latest abuse of the EAS concept. They diminish the relevancy of a real public emergency.

A "real emergency" I define as a situation that requires a large group of people to immediately take very specific actions to protect themselves from a life threatening situation.

Just in the last month, a neighboring county (Waukesha) in SE Wisconsin has issued 3 "Extreme Alerts" on my smart phone regarding police matters. One was issued at 4:15 am. A carjacking, two police shot, and a missing elderly person. Not exactly earthshaking and not really relevant to people in neighboring counties. Also these alerts give few or no details other than "police activity" or "avoid the area".

Milwaukee County sent an "extreme alert" stating that bus service would be suspended from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am. No details were given.

Why do I get Amber Alerts from the complete other side of the state?

I -really- wish they would stop using the classic EAS alert tone. Use something else so I can ignore it.

If a carjacking is "extreme," nothing is extreme. I object to Amber alerts too - doesn't matter how local. The system should be used for incoming nukes, and tsunamis. Anything less, is frivolous.

 

[Samuel Adams]

If a carjacking is "extreme," nothing is extreme. I object to Amber alerts too - doesn't matter how local. The system should be used for incoming nukes, and tsunamis. Anything less, is propaganda.

Fixed it for you.

Was coming home in the tractor last Friday night and mine went off.

“The entire state of Illinois is under stage III mitigation”, it said.

Looking much forward to the pitchfork party.

 

[ohiohippie]

Thx for the chuckles!

 

[Profit of Doom]

I'm feeling really left out - my flip phone - circa 1828 - doesn't get those

Perhaps the string isn’t tight enough.