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Re: Wildfires: Reminder smart devices don't include emergency warnings while streaming
From: Matt Erculiani <merculiani () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:34:51 -0600
Linking relevant past thread about devices that don't alert for emergencies and, of course, a heated debate on if they should: https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2019-March/199721.html On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 1:24 PM William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 11:58 AM Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:you won't get emergency alerts on those streaming devices. Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Alphabet Android TV executives don't see a need to support emergency alerts on their products.Also worth noting that you won't get emergency alerts on your stove, refrigerator, dish washer, washing machine or dryer. So, when cooking or doing laundry make sure you have an alternate source of emergency alerts available. Shockingly, your alarm clock won't automatically turn on when there's an emergency alert over the radio either nor will your smoke and fire alarms go off except in the immediate presence of smoke and fire, so be sure to have an always-on source of alerts while you're sleeping too. tl;dr: keep your cell phone on and with you 'cause only a few things get emergency alerts and only when they're turned on. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin bill () herrin us https://bill.herrin.us/
-- Matt Erculiani ERCUL-ARIN
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- Re: Wildfires: Reminder smart devices don't include emergency warnings while streaming William Herrin (Sep 11)
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