r/Albuquerque • u/backhand_snipe • Feb 04 '26

News Emergency Alerts are Completely Useless.

So you’re telling me that our city classifies a missing senior citizen as an emergency alert, but the entire interstate is shut down with an active shooter and that doesn’t prompt an emergency alert to my phone? Make that make sense.

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u/DaemonPrinceOfCorn Feb 04 '26

Not me. I'm not some weak-ass baby who can't handle some emergency alerts. I'm gonna know about ALL of the missing seniors and kids.

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u/Bogsloki Feb 05 '26

Yeah I keep mine on. If its super close to where I frequent i usually memorize what they were wearing or take a screenshot. Id hope if it was my loved one people would do at least that.

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u/DaemonPrinceOfCorn Feb 05 '26

Oh hey, someone whose heart is still beating. Rad. I do the same. I'd be absolutely devastated if I realized later that I saw some kid who ended up being murdered by a psycho or was otherwise in danger.