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Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - The issue has arisen after major Tsunami warnings have been issued in areas of Japan following a strong earthquake (www.dexerto.com)
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Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - The issue has arisen after major Tsunami warnings have been issued in areas of Japan following a strong earthquake::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Nova_Scotia_attacks

This one lasted hours, and the killer was known to be impersonating a police officer.

If they could send an official tweet, they could use the Alert Ready system.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think you understand how infrequent mass shooters are. Nor how predictable lol.

Are you quoting the timeline? Is the alert ready system something unique to Canadia? Does it geofence? Who needs to approve it? How does 911 or equivalent contact them. Do they have it? Do you need supervisor approval? Is your supervisor even there or is he shitting? Half your recent 911 calls in the last 5 minutes have hung up after 20 seconds. Most of them just screaming. Can you triangulate? Do you hang up? Are your other coworkers getting calls too or did you get the only person who had their phone in class because they didn't let their teacher take it?

Life is vastly more intricate and complicated than any of you think in serious situations.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

During the hours and hours that the mass shooting took place, they could have used the Alert Ready system. The process to send out an Amber Alert is often measured in minutes rather than hours, which makes sense -- the process was designed to disseminate information as quickly as possible