Amber alert at 5am Saturday morning in Michigan

[Bay Boy]

Am I just a self centered prick to think that it is unreasonable to sound an Amber Alert at that time?

Here's what happened; a father took off with his child and the alert was sounded within 200 miles of Flint Michigan. My wife and I heard this extremely loud and never heard before alert go off on my phone. For a moment I thought it was some fire alarm going off in my room, a fire alarm that I didn't know I had. After I realized it was coming from my phone I looked at the message that said be on the look out for a teal colored Ford pick up truck. Not having a view of the road from my bedroom my wife and I tried to go back to sleep but that was difficult after that adrenaline dump with both just experienced.

[Agschmid]

1. You can opt out.

But I get the point.

[Bay Boy]

5. Can I opt out of Amber alerts and not weather alerts?

I certainly would want to know if a tornado was bearing down on me but not much I can do helping find someone on the road when I am sleeping.

And in the daytime there is a good chance I am traveling and would be more than happy to be on the lookout for a kidnapper.

[Brickbat]

7. What kind of phone do you have?

[Agschmid]

8. Not sure.

I opted out of both but I live in an area where natural disasters/weather alerts are very rare.

[In_The_Wind]

2. yes

Try turning your phone off at night.

[Bay Boy]

3. I wish I could...

...but unfortunately I am on call all night long.

[In_The_Wind]

14. That puts a different slant things. As another DUer suggested, maybe you can opt out on alerts.

Good luck on getting a full night's sleep.

[Brickbat]

4. You can turn the alerts off.

There's no good timing for an Amber Alert. If notifications might disturb you, turn them off.

[gollygee]

6. It's supposed to alert people

I got it too that early. And if I worked an odd shift and was at a shop at that time and saw them, I'd be glad to get it. That's the point. It alerts people in a timely manner.

[randome]

9. Sorry you were inconvenienced. Why not ask your carrier instead of telling us you don't care?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
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[Bay Boy]

11. Is that what I said?

It's not what I meant.

[mstinamotorcity2]

10. Bay Boy I got the alert too.

It was a bit much. A number of people were threw off by the alert.

[Bay Boy]

12. Thank you for that...

...it was a "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" moment for my wife and me.

[mstinamotorcity2]

13. You Good.

No Tornado, No Hurricane, No Lightening Storm. Turn phone down at night and get some rest.