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The blaring amber alert tone is what I mean. We did not get it - The popup for the alert came on all the phones but there was no sound to alert.
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Johnston got hit a lot harder this morning than earlier this week. A lot of trees down in the neighborhood. Made the mistake of getting on 141 at 9am this morning. Lights were out and a mile took about 20 minutes.
Work phone is iPhone, two personal phones are Pixel 7's. All on Verizon. I can see the alert in my alert history - came through at 4:46 A.M.
Mixed bag of iPhones and androids both on US Cellular and Verizon at the office between coworkers - some got the tone and others didn't.
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Im north of 70th St in Johnston and todays storm was nothing compared to the Tuesday storm at our house. Crazy how just a few blocks can makes big difference.
Yep, we lost several large limbs and 90% of a big sycamore tree. Next door neighbor had two big trees uprooted. Missed flattening her yard shed by about 3 feet. This one was worse than the storm that came through earlier in the week.
They removed the "expansion joint" with solid posts, that was doing the flex and transfering the forces? Now they are solid and the all the give was in one place.
Thanks for posting this! Gave me a reason to finally check out the brewery today!Not sure if anyone has posted a link for donations for the Greenfield Tornado Relief Fund yet but here it is in case anyone wants to help.
Barn Town also kicking in a portion of some of their draft beer for the next 10 days.
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Today’s storm was 2 miles east of Tuesday’s. Those of us who live by the high school got slammed earlier in the week but not much today. Regardless of when we all got hit, there’s lots of cleanup going on in our community. But could be a lot worse.
I'm one of the lucky Greenfield residents tapping in with a couple of things. Absolute devastation that the town will suffer for a long time from. Many family and friends lost everything. Thank you to any and all who have helped out down here. We really appreciate any help we can get.
We've been dealing with some looting problems with out of town people coming in. It's just sickening and pathetic. I've heard the stories of this happening by word of mouth elsewhere after a tragedy but maybe my ignorance didn't want to believe it. Why is this sort of thing never covered anywhere? All it takes is one looter going to the wrong house to scavenge and getting shot (rightfully so too imo).
We've been dealing with some looting problems with out of town people coming in. It's just sickening and pathetic. I've heard the stories of this happening by word of mouth elsewhere after a tragedy but maybe my ignorance didn't want to believe it. Why is this sort of thing never covered anywhere? All it takes is one looter going to the wrong house to scavenge and getting shot (rightfully so too imo).
IIRC, the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) will not override ringer volume settings.
So if you're set to silent or vibrate, you'll get a pop up only, or vibration if applicable.
Looting areas like that is the worst of the worst. I lived in a town in Illinois where a barge lost control and ran into the dam causing the river to flood a large portion of the town. They ended up having to call in the national guard to sit at roadblocks because the looting got so bad.
Flooding Displaces Hundreds Of Marseilles Residents
Police and firefighters in the town of Marseilles in LaSalle County went door-to-door Thursday night, asking hundreds of people in a low-lying area to evacuate their homes because of rising water from the Illinois River.
www.cbsnews.com
I couldn't tell you for sure if they were all on silent, but that would certainly be the most logical explanation. If that is the case, I'm a little bit surprised that they aren't allowed to override volume settings given that their purpose is for emergencies.
ATTs info on the emergency alerts says that you can't override their volume.
https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1009041/
Seeing pictures shared on Ames FB page of photos found in yards, like this one (which was originally on the Boone FB page)...
Yeah, it's confusing and I should work on getting better info on it. But I took that to mean IF the alarm sounds, you can't change the volume that it would play at, kind of full blast or nothing.
Apparently different flavors of OS may have toggle options in the WEA settings for sounds, other numerous documentation of people not getting audible alerts on vibrate/silent/do not disturb.
A bit of a mess.
How to Silence Annoyingly Loud Emergency Alerts on iPhone Without Disabling Them Completely
Wireless emergency alerts help warn mobile phone users of imminent threats to life or property, such as extreme weather and natural disasters. These alerts target affected geographic areas and come with a loud sound scary enough to make you want to turn off emergency alerts altogether on your...
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According to the FCC:
"If you turn off the vibration or sound on your WEA-capable device, you may not feel the vibration or hear the attention signal of a WEA message."
www.fcc.gov
"If you turn off the vibration or sound on your WEA-capable device, you may not feel the vibration or hear the attention signal of a WEA message."
Wireless Emergency Alerts and Accessibility
Millions of Americans – with and without disabilities – rely on emergency alerts on their wireless phones to receive important and potentially life-saving information.
Silly question what is a water table? My only definition is how far below ground level you go before you find standing water.
