Emergency Alert,?

[Anonymous]

I turn all those alerts off. Couldn't care less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I live in MoCo.

My phone is silenced at night, and I initially slept through it but it woke up my husband who was startled, half asleep and probably still dreaming, and he shook me awake saying there was a fire alarm. My phone was lit up, so I figured what was going on. But I had to spend ten minutes calming him down.

Of course he fell back asleep quickly, while I was left awake for over an hour—listening to the wind.

I also noticed that I had received multiple texts from friends overnight between 1am and 4am. PSA: no need to send a happy new year text in the middle of the night.

PS - It’s Happy New Year…not Happy New Years.

#cranky

We certainly know who wears the pants in your family.

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason I didn't hear it was that my phone was silenced. I can still find the alert on my weather app. It was for a snow squall. There's a little bit of tiny frozen snowflakes on my windshield and driveway. I'm in Bethesda.

Did you take the necessary precautions that a few snowflakes requires?

I heard the alert too and I couldn’t go back to sleep but the squall was severe. I was looking out the window and could not believe how windy and snowy it was. Scary. And now there’s no sign of anything at all.

It's a useless alert. It's not a prediction, it's telling you the weather. I know what the weather is.

[Anonymous]

I would've been pissed if I had to get up early for work. I couldn't get back to sleep after it. You could've seen the same information on any weather app.

[Anonymous]

For all of you who are annoyed, think about what happened in Texas this past summer. Too little too late. Better to be annoyed than to not know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all of you who are annoyed, think about what happened in Texas this past summer. Too little too late. Better to be annoyed than to not know.

Seriously false parallel. A snow squall poses no threat to me in my warm, insulated house when I’m under the covers in bed. I’m not about to be carried away by flood waters….

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For all of you who are annoyed, think about what happened in Texas this past summer. Too little too late. Better to be annoyed than to not know.

Seriously false parallel. A snow squall poses no threat to me in my warm, insulated house when I’m under the covers in bed. I’m not about to be carried away by flood waters….

There are people who are out that time of night for work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all of you who are annoyed, think about what happened in Texas this past summer. Too little too late. Better to be annoyed than to not know.

Seriously false parallel. A snow squall poses no threat to me in my warm, insulated house when I’m under the covers in bed. I’m not about to be carried away by flood waters….

There are people who are out that time of night for work.

Fine, then there has to be a way to target alerts to them and not with a loud alarm that wakes everyone out of a deep sleep…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all of you who are annoyed, think about what happened in Texas this past summer. Too little too late. Better to be annoyed than to not know.

Seriously false parallel. A snow squall poses no threat to me in my warm, insulated house when I’m under the covers in bed. I’m not about to be carried away by flood waters….

There are people who are out that time of night for work.

Do I need to seek high ground for a snow squall? Or an interior room?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all of you who are annoyed, think about what happened in Texas this past summer. Too little too late. Better to be annoyed than to not know.

Seriously false parallel. A snow squall poses no threat to me in my warm, insulated house when I’m under the covers in bed. I’m not about to be carried away by flood waters….

There are people who are out that time of night for work.

Fine, then there has to be a way to target alerts to them and not with a loud alarm that wakes everyone out of a deep sleep…

Sigh….glad to know that your sleep is more important than those who need to be out. If it were next week, it would be affecting school children and bus drivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all of you who are annoyed, think about what happened in Texas this past summer. Too little too late. Better to be annoyed than to not know.

Seriously false parallel. A snow squall poses no threat to me in my warm, insulated house when I’m under the covers in bed. I’m not about to be carried away by flood waters….

There are people who are out that time of night for work.

Fine, then there has to be a way to target alerts to them and not with a loud alarm that wakes everyone out of a deep sleep…

Sigh….glad to know that your sleep is more important than those who need to be out. If it were next week, it would be affecting school children and bus drivers.

At 4:30AM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all of you who are annoyed, think about what happened in Texas this past summer. Too little too late. Better to be annoyed than to not know.

Seriously false parallel. A snow squall poses no threat to me in my warm, insulated house when I’m under the covers in bed. I’m not about to be carried away by flood waters….

There are people who are out that time of night for work.

Fine, then there has to be a way to target alerts to them and not with a loud alarm that wakes everyone out of a deep sleep…

Sigh….glad to know that your sleep is more important than those who need to be out. If it were next week, it would be affecting school children and bus drivers.

At 4:30AM?

What time do you think bus drivers get up to go get buses ready?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all of you who are annoyed, think about what happened in Texas this past summer. Too little too late. Better to be annoyed than to not know.

Seriously false parallel. A snow squall poses no threat to me in my warm, insulated house when I’m under the covers in bed. I’m not about to be carried away by flood waters….

There are people who are out that time of night for work.

Fine, then there has to be a way to target alerts to them and not with a loud alarm that wakes everyone out of a deep sleep…

Sigh….glad to know that your sleep is more important than those who need to be out. If it were next week, it would be affecting school children and bus drivers.

At 4:30AM?

What time do you think bus drivers get up to go get buses ready?

I guess it's a good thing we had this warning so that they could park the buses and take cover from the snow squall.