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

[Rob Dale]

That was a horrible mistake by that agency...

Sadly Texas still does statewide Amber Alerts, as recently as September 30th.

Their state DOT also peppers WEAs for some reason every time roads close.

The research hasn't been formally published yet, but a recent study shows Texas leads the country in people opting out of WEA on their cellphones. Keep an eye out for that on thewarnroom.com

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

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).
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