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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

One counterargument: without your current location, it can't send any weather alerts that immediately impact your safety.

[–] mindbleach 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The network sends those.

Because the cell towers are cemented in place.

[–] mindbleach 4 points 3 months ago

Not that Florida's smart enough to limit Amber Alerts to relevant portions of the state. I'm down in the dick-tip. I've been rudely awoken by blaring alarms about a kidnapping up in the grundle.

I hope they send those alerts to people in Nashville, because they're all closer to Tallahassee than I am.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

This isn't always the case.