Linking relevant past thread about devices that don't alert for emergencies and, of course, a heated debate on if they should:
https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2019-March/199721.html On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 1:24 PM William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 11:58 AM Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: > > you won't get emergency alerts on those streaming devices. > > Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Alphabet Android TV executives don't see a > > need to support emergency alerts on their products. > > Also worth noting that you won't get emergency alerts on your stove, > refrigerator, dish washer, washing machine or dryer. So, when cooking > or doing laundry make sure you have an alternate source of emergency > alerts available. > > Shockingly, your alarm clock won't automatically turn on when there's > an emergency alert over the radio either nor will your smoke and fire > alarms go off except in the immediate presence of smoke and fire, so > be sure to have an always-on source of alerts while you're sleeping > too. > > tl;dr: keep your cell phone on and with you 'cause only a few things > get emergency alerts and only when they're turned on. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > -- > William Herrin > b...@herrin.us > https://bill.herrin.us/ > -- Matt Erculiani ERCUL-ARIN
