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What is a Blue Alert?
Blue Alerts are issued to help catch people who are believed to have wounded or killed local, state or federal law ...
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When every phone alert sounds the same, Texans may miss the one that matters
A crisis communication expert says everyday notifications are weakening the impact of life-saving emergency alerts.
Kerrville official admits he had weather alerts turned off ahead of deadly flooding
Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice is defending turning off his weather alerts ahead of the catastrophic July 4 flooding amid ...
What is a Blue Alert and why did my phone just go off?
Texas is one of several states that use Blue Alerts, but what is it, and how does it differ from AMBER Alerts?
‘Do not swim’ alert issued to swimmers on hugely popular Blue Flag beach due to high ‘levels of bacteria’ in water
SWIIMMERS at a popular Irish beach have been urged to stay out of the water due to safety concerns over bacteria levels.
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‘People get tired of alerts’: Why getting the word out about public hazards can be tricky
Officials sent the noisy phone alert out to warn people about a potential criminal on the loose and we know they successfully ...
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Emergency alert over shooting stirs anger in flood-hit Texas
Phones buzzed across Texas just before 8 p.m. Wednesday with a high-priority emergency alert. But it wasn't about flooding, a ...
Blue Alert Fatigue: Texas Floods Reveal Warning System Struggles
As the state mourns the deaths caused by the floods, the disaster is drawing attention to the effectiveness of the Blue Alert ...