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

[Lotus Radio Engineering]

Geez sounds like Nevada Highway Patrol issuing three Required Monthly Tests
using text to speech in less than a week….and pronounces Nevada wrong. Not
much credibility from a state agency. Not the first time this agency has
donated tests. And we wonder why people rush to change the channel or
silence their phones.

Chad Owens

On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 08:10 Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:

> 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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