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Re: Presidential Alerts

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Regardless of what it's called (let's say, "nationwide alert") is it possible to imagine anything that is 1> immediately actionable and 2> must be known by every person in the country? I cannot think of a single thing. Even "nukes incoming" -- well what precisely should you do in this situation? If it's not actionable, no matter how important, it's not urgent. I had to switch off the FEMA alerts -- which are a good i…

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Re: Presidential Alerts

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post #113

Regardless of what it's called (let's say, "nationwide alert") is it possible to imagine anything that is 1> immediately actionable and 2> must be known by every person in the country? I cannot think of a single thing. Even "nukes incoming" -- well what precisely should you do in this situation? If it's not actionable, no matter how important, it's not urgent. I had to switch off the FEMA alerts -- which are a good i…

"nukes incoming" People who live in big cities or live near high value strategic targets wouldn't survive for long anyway. Maybe some of those people wouldn't want to know that they will be dead in 5 minutes or in 5 days. Nevertheless, I expect that many if not most people would still want to know! There are also literally millions of people in the USA who live in remote areas and who would survive the blast and radi…

The regular FEMA alerts are things like wildfire or tornado alerts, or what to do after an incident (e.g. post earthquake). Excellent if you don’t spam people.
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