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+7RobbieFTW Bluesmama Supernova Nystyle709 CeCe Tony Marino wants2laugh 11 posters |
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wants2laugh …is a Power Member.
Join date : 2011-07-10 Location : South Jersey---yes we are a different state Posts : 3913 Rep : 87
| Subject: Amber Alerts Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:36 pm | |
| Today a little 2yrs old boy was kidnapped from a mall in NJ. An amber alert was issued, and once an hour the Emergency Broadcasting System interrupted our television programming to give descriptions of the child and kidnapper.
Do you ever pay attention to these alerts? and if so, to you keep on the lookout for those described?
It seems like everytime i am on the turnpike, a "silver alert" is issued for a missing old person... does anyone pay attention? | |
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Tony Marino …is a Global Moderator.
Join date : 2010-01-31 Location : New York Posts : 26786 Rep : 607
| Subject: Re: Amber Alerts Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:44 pm | |
| Yes I pay attention. Never heard of a Silver alert. | |
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CeCe …is a Chamber DEITY.
Join date : 2010-06-30 Posts : 11962 Rep : 326
| Subject: Re: Amber Alerts Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:47 pm | |
| I do. We get about as many Silver Alerts as Amber Alerts. | |
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Nystyle709 ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-03-16 Location : New York Posts : 27030 Rep : 339
| Subject: Re: Amber Alerts Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:29 pm | |
| I'll listen, but I don't go out of my way to keep alert of that person. If I see 'em and I remember, I will say something. | |
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Supernova The Book Chamber
Join date : 2010-06-22 Posts : 11954 Rep : 182
| Subject: Re: Amber Alerts Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:10 pm | |
| We never have them here. The last time I recall them breaking in on TV to give a report about a missing child was when I was about 8 years old, this back when the screen would go black and silver with snow and crooked lines and you would hear the tornado siren before the message. | |
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Bluesmama …is a Power Member.
Join date : 2011-07-09 Location : Portland “Burbs” Posts : 3353 Rep : 43
| Subject: Re: Amber Alerts Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:13 am | |
| We do get amber alerts here, and they've worked. I don't pay much attention to those because there isn't something visible to go on. I have "seen" someone on the alert once but it wasn't the amber system ~ it was a posting on a store window by the runaway's parents. I have a photographic memory, and months later I recognized the girl in inside a store. However, I didn't have a way to reach the parents and the flyer was gone, too. | |
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RobbieFTW …is Being Fitted For a Crown.
Join date : 2010-01-31 Location : Dearborn Posts : 4152 Rep : 145
| Subject: Re: Amber Alerts Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:19 am | |
| I pay attention to the alerts but I don't know how much I keep my eyes peeled for the abducted child. | |
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Hyacinth Girl …is a Power Member.
Join date : 2011-05-19 Posts : 1736 Rep : 70
| Subject: Re: Amber Alerts Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:38 am | |
| We have "Code Adams" here (named after Adam Walsh, murdered son of America's Most Wanted host, John Walsh), and those are usually announced in stores if a child goes missing. The Amber Alerts, they flash signs on the roadways with a description of the missing child.
We had a Code Adam a couple of weeks ago in a store, and I did see the child that got lost, but a store employee got to him before I could, and brought him back to his parents. | |
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RedBedroom …is a Chamber DEITY.
Join date : 2010-02-18 Posts : 10696 Rep : 312
| Subject: Re: Amber Alerts Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:48 am | |
| I think I only heard a code Adam one time. I never heard of a silver alert. And there have been reports on the news of an elderly person, but they never called it that.
As far as Amber Alerts, I always pay attention and then do keep a closer watch until I know it has been resolved. I think they changed the criteria in the last couple years on cases that qualify as an Amber alert around here. We get a lot these days and it is often a teen girl who has taken off with a boyfriend.
Personally, I don't think a teen leaving on her own free will should be an Amber Alert unless she has a medical issue. Otherwise there are going to be so many, people will stop paying as much attention. | |
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Chris Chamber Admin.
Join date : 2010-01-30 Location : Oak Park, Michigan Posts : 23201 Rep : 330
| Subject: Re: Amber Alerts Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:47 am | |
| There's been an Amber alert for a missing two year old girl here in Michigan for a few weeks now. Yes, I pay attention to them. | |
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Cheaps ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-11-17 Posts : 25876 Rep : 252
| Subject: Re: Amber Alerts Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:02 am | |
| I do pay attention to amber alerts, but my memory isn't that great most of the time, so I might not be any good. I can be so nonchalant, that the kid would walk right on pass me and I wouldn't even notice.
Hell sometimes people I know, I will walk right on by them sometimes. They'd be the one to get my attention. | |
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