Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis

Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by AlbertCory on Saturday December 11, 2021 @07:49PM (#29525928)

I was getting "emergency alerts" for "COVID vaccine available in your area."

That may be really important information, but it doesn't rise to the level of an emergency.

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Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by syshum on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:11PM (#29526075)

My area never did that, any government that used EAS for that should be voted out at the next opportunity

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Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by sneak on Sunday December 12, 2021 @10:22AM (#29530292)

You can't vote out the police in the USA, generally, otherwise people would have done so long ago.

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Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by syshum on Sunday December 12, 2021 @11:17AM (#29530828)

Highly unlikely that the police issued the EAS about COVID, also even if you can not vote out the police, you can vote out the head of the police (sheriff or mayor) who would have had to approve an EAS about covid

However these types of messages are often sent out by our local dept of Emergency Management, or Health Dept, both of which do have access to EAS just like the police.

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Re:Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St... by ralph84 on Saturday December 11, 2021 @08:01PM (#29526016)

Yep, I turned them all off after one too many covid alerts.

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