Re: U.S. test of national alerts on Oct. 4 at 2:20pm EDT (1820 UTC)

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

There are dozens of WEA alerts every day, 365x7 days a year. If you leave 
a hidden burner phone turned on the other 364 days a year, it will make a 
noise from something else.  Software mute buttons never mute everything.

Some groups use once a year events to get publicity for their causes 
(zombies, 5G, complaints about government, whatever).  Hawaii tests their 
state-wide siren system every month.  There are likely a few people who 
complain they were sleeping when the sirens are tested.

People who complain about everything, will likely complain about 
everything.


On Wed, 4 Oct 2023, Collider wrote:
> Some people have to for their safety or medical health (e.g. they're hiding
> a burner phone from an abusive relative, or their blood pressure goes up
> dangerously high when jumpscared).
>
> The kinds of people who remove batteries from smoke alarms are going to
> unfortunately use this affordance, if it's offered. I say let them.