B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations

Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by taeric on Thursday July 13, 2023 @10:14AM (#36709474)

Phones already have emergency broadcast support. I really only ever see it go off for amber alerts. May be specifically for that, at the moment? Not sure.

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Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @10:31AM (#36709728)

I think Trump's tenure saw use of presidential alert use ( flag on your android you can't turn off .. easily ).

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Re:B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations by jjkaczor on Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:17PM (#36714605)

In Ontario Canada (maybe the same in other provinces), every Amber alert goes out at the highest level - Presidential/Nuclear. There was also no geo-fencing initially (perhaps there is now), but as horrible as a child abduction is - notifying people at 3am who are more than 8-hrs driving distance away is... not useful.

Have also seen extreme weather alerts, and one nuclear warning.

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