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Lcar
3 years agoFriendly Neighbour
[Megathread] Emergency alerts
Wondering why we are getting emergency alerts a few times every hour for Alberta. We are in BC no where near the affected areas.
it defeats the purpose to have an emergency alert system when i...
Grimmt
2 years agoAmbassador
Yesterday we received an evacuation alert for Saprae Creek Estates (Wood Buffalo, AB) and today we received a wildfire alert for Lac St Anne, AB.
Can someone please fix this?
It's important that we don't get used to irrelevant alerts to prevent "cry wolf" behaviours.
I also hope everyone is safe in Alberta!
Edit: replaced "false" with "irrelevant".
Rocky3
2 years agoGuardian
Cry wolf? Indeed, now that I think on it, I received them too and paid no further attention since it was not in my backyard.