Comment on Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old
umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 4 days agoNot even another page should be the primary source. That page should be a secondary for updates. The alert itself should have included all the actionable details.
desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
can/should the protocol used to deliver emergency alerts support images/video, if so what formats and size limits?
umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Doesn’t have to, I think. Text is actually quite adequate. Sure, images are great but that’s only for a subset of alerts, like AMBER. You don’t really need images or video for alerts like floods, hurricanes, or even missile incoming alerts. For those you only need an address or coordinates that can point people to the closest shelter. Yeah, not all people are not familiar with the surroundings (like traveling) but in that kind of scenarios every people around you will pool together and get to the same location.