Top news and Amber Alert
Top radio news at noon was that Carey Price has entered the NHL player assistance program although nothing specific is known. The program “helps players and their families with mental health, substance abuse and other matters.”
I was listening to the other news items when an Amber Alert came shrieking over both the radio app on my computer, and my phone. I always jump, thinking this is finally it, the aliens have arrived. But this alert has already been cancelled.
Tim S. 15:33 on 2021-10-07 Permalink
C’mon Kate, if the aliens land do you really think our government has it together to issue an alert? Maybe a Friday afternoon press release that the level of concern is low but the situation is being monitored.
Kate 15:47 on 2021-10-07 Permalink
Governments do have contingency plans for alien arrival. I’ve no idea whether an all‑points media and phone alert is part of the picture.
GC 19:39 on 2021-10-07 Permalink
I didn’t get that alert, but I’m also out of province. Is the system actually smart enough to detect that my cell activity is not local?
Chris 21:49 on 2021-10-07 Permalink
GC, that doesn’t require smarts, it’s fundamental to how the cellular network works. Your phone communicates with the nearest tower(s). Where those towers are is known to their operators. What those towers communicate is decided by the operators. They just tell all towers in region x to transmit message y.
GC 23:46 on 2021-10-07 Permalink
Good point, Chris. So, I suppose if there were an Amber Alert where I currently am, I’d get it even though my number is not local. Which, of course, is as it should be.