[sbe-eas] TX: State-wide Blue Alert at 4:52am for Hall County

[Sean Donelan]

Texas Department of Public Safety issued a state-wide "BLUE ALERT" for 
Hall County.

Texas is so large, local news media needed to show where Hall County is 
located in Texas. Memphis, Texas, around 80 miles south of Amarillo, 
Texas.

As expected, the early morning alert woke up people for something far 
away and not relevant to most Texans. Instead they started posting on 
social media "How to turn-off emergency alerts" on their phones.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/10/04/how-to-disable-emergency-alerts-on-apple-and-android-phones/

Texas used to send state-wide AMBER alerts over WEA, but in recent years 
have narrowed WEA AMBER alerts to just counties within a few hours driving 
distance.  There are 254 counties in Texas (268,820 square miles).