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[Taylor]

I just got an Amber Alert on my phone (an Android). One of my Facebook friends posted that he got an Amber Alert on his iPhone at the same exact time. Now every citizen can do his due diligence in thwarting kidnappers.

[Amazing Larry]

I just got one too. Is there a way to shut these things off so my phone doesn't start going crazy at 11:00 on a Monday night?

[Taylor]

After I dismissed the alert, my phone automatically went to a screen that let me uncheck what kind of emergency alerts I would receive. I unchecked all of them.

[Amazing Larry]

After I dismissed the alert, my phone automatically went to a screen that let me uncheck what kind of emergency alerts I would receive. I unchecked all of them.

Found it in "Settings" on my iPhone. Thanks.

[nate]

Scared the shit out of me when it went off.

[Tank]

Ha, I got one too. First thing I thought of was how much YK must be enjoying modern technology.

[yk9001]

This is the first time I've gotten one.  I need to recalibrate my phone to reject these.

 

This Amber Alert *may* be the first to break the So Cal Angelswin rules.

 

The rules are -

 

• The Amber Alert is a latino family or people of color
• It is a family squabble

 

This one, the people are white.  It is not family member kidnapping, but it is a person with a "close platonic relationship" with mother.

 

 

 

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-amber-alert-two-children-suspected-killer-20130806,0,6717755.story

[Brandon]

Person I was with last night also went off. Did you guys get the one this morning as well?

[Amazing Larry]

Person I was with last night...

Who was he? We deserve to know.

[Brandon]

Chauncey. He has a 3g and 8 inches.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

A few people at work were talking about it because one alert that came through last night woke one of them up.  Told them they can turn those off then went yk on them mentioning I don't want those alerts or people who can barely drive already looking at other cars on the freeway for someone they won't find. 

[yk9001]

On my android, I went to messaging, then settings, then CMAS alerts, then unchecked Amber Alerts.

[katie]

On iPhone it's under settings > notifications > government alerts. At least that's how it is on the iPhone 5

 

It did not inconvenience me like it did so many other people. I think half of my Facebook friends posted about it. Slow Monday I guess.

[Bruce Nye]

My IPhone got it also and I immediately thought of yk and not the kidnapper and the kid.

[yk9001]

What if I am the one kidnapped, and my kidnapper drives by a bunch of you, but you have turned off your Amber Alert messages?

[Taylor]

What if 'yk' stands for "youth kidnapper"?

[yk9001]

The only youth kidnapping that we see go on in So Cal is by baby mommas, baby daddies, various boyfriends, and guys with "close platonic relationships" with the moms.

[Tank]

What if I am the one kidnapped, and my kidnapper drives by a bunch of you, but you have turned off your Amber Alert messages?

You'll just have to go all macgyver on your captors and hope for the best 'cause you ain't getting squat from anyone here.

I mean, I'd help but I have bad knees.

[AngelsLongBall]

I'd help but I'm left-handed

[Blarg]

What if I am the one kidnapped, and my kidnapper drives by a bunch of you, but you have turned off your Amber Alert messages?

 

We will wave.

[arch stanton]

My daughter got that on her Samsung here in Bahrain. We're on the lookout.

[yk9001]

The streak continues.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/justice/california-amber-alert/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

 

Kidnapping and murder suspect James DiMaggio was so close to the family whose life he is alleged to have turned upside down, that they considered him one of their own.

DiMaggio came into the lives of Brett and Christina Anderson months before their daughter Hannah, now 16, was born.

"He basically became part of our family," Brett Anderson told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Thursday.

[Amazing Larry]

They found them in Idaho. The police killed him and she's safe.

 

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56717640-68/dimaggio-idaho-gore-sheriff.html.csp

[yk9001]

So police find a box of letters from Hannah to the guy.  And a box of used condoms (ewwww).

 

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/16/hannah-anderson-steps-out-cops-find-letters-hannah/

 

 

And the two exchanged a dozen phone calls in the day before the murder.

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57598826/hannah-anderson-sent-james-lee-dimaggio-letters-warrants-reveal/

 

 

The YK Amber Alert streak remains undefeated.  This was not some abduction.  The two had a thing and were probably plotting to kill the family.

[Tank]

They found them in Idaho. The police killed him and she's safe.

 

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56717640-68/dimaggio-idaho-gore-sheriff.html.csp

 

heard that dimaggio's father also tried to kidnap a 16 year old. also, dimaggio died on the same exact day his father died (suicide).

 

freaky.