https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/lifestyle/community/alert-ready-test-to-happen-on-nov-15-2023
Canadians in participating provinces and territories can expect a test alert on their television, radio and compatible wireless devices on Wednesday, Nov. 15.
Exactly.
I understand that they want Amber Alerts to go to everyone. But if I'm sleeping or working, I'm not going to go outside and interrogate everyone with a "White sedan last spotted 150km away from where you live 2 hours ago".
If I'm walking around and get a plain old SMS (or even an alert from the app -- respecting my device settings, of course), then yeah, I'll keep my eye out.
Until they fix it, I'm keeping it off, and I won't be able to contribute even if I were able to.
I had a similar issue visiting my parents in Ontario. They sent six Amber Alert messages in three hours, starting at 1am. I'm sure that people died in car accidents the next day from being repeatedly disturbed. And the worst part of all was that the missing child was found with their grandparent, by police, because the grandfather had gotten lost in downtown Toronto. If they had simply done nothing, it would have been resolved on its own, without waking up most of the 12 million people in southern Ontario.