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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"residents are being directed to an interactive map"

This seems problematic, do they not have emergency broadcasts anymore?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed. They should leave legacy fail proof technology in place.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wounder if someone sold them on a bunch of "efficiencies" by dropping radio, tv and whatnot in favour of a web based solution? And now that I think on it, was Canada not listed lately as having some of the worst rural cell/internet infrastructure in the world?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are you telling me we pay the highest in the world for mobile plans AND have the shittiest cell infrastructure. Jesus christ..

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yes. Essential services with bloated prices and really low reliability.

But think of the profits shawgers is making for their shareholders! Mission accomplished!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I have 200mb of data and it turns off when I run out. If I ever get caught in an emergency, I'm screwed.

Plus, half the time their website seems to crash.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I live in Kelowna and am just on the edge of an evacuation alert area and I don't have a radio or cable so I can't say if those exist but the map is helpful.

Been checking that thing ever 5 minutes today...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Glad it is up and working for you. good luck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It doesn't work on my phone. Also they're not making it easy to find. It should be a giant link right at the top of every article, instead it's regular size text buried in the middle of the article.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Also they're not making it easy to find.

I googled "emergency alert map Kelowna" and found a really great candidate.

[–] dangerouskitchen 1 points 1 year ago

Install the app