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Texans jolted awake Friday with news of a Blue Alert (www.audacy.com)

submitted 4 months ago by saywhatisabigw to c/texas

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[–] TehWorld 3 points 4 months ago

I debated with myself for an hour or so this AM, as this alert system SHOULD be a good thing, but in the end, I'm turning them off. There are tornado sirens for bad weather, and the odds of me actually having actionable notice from alerts like this are astronomically low.