Emergency! Help, please!

[OwlD2G]

I just noticed an icon on my Droid 2 Global's desktop...and it says 'Emergency Alert'!!! What is this? Please help!

Thank you.

OwlD2G

 

[TJConnery]

Relax

Bloatware. There is an emergency notification app included on the phone. Enter the app, hit settings, and see what types of alerts can be enabled.

 

[OwlD2G]

Thanks. It was actually giving me a high wind advisory.

 

[TJConnery]

Weather

That sounds like a weather advisory from weather bug. Did you see the ! sign in your notifications bar or something on the desktop?

You can enable/disable those in the app. They drive my wife crazy so she had me turn them off. For me, they are faster than the weather radio when a thunderstorm/tornado warning is issued, so I leave them on. (and the wx radio is in the pile of discarded devices).

 

[OwlD2G]

yup...red triangle with a red exclamation point inside of it

 

[TJConnery]

WxBug

Yup, that's Weatherbug. BTW, we have a high wind warning here also in NYC!

 

[TimChgo9]

That sounds like a weather advisory from weather bug. Did you see the ! sign in your notifications bar or something on the desktop?

You can enable/disable those in the app. They drive my wife crazy so she had me turn them off. For me, they are faster than the weather radio when a thunderstorm/tornado warning is issued, so I leave them on. (and the wx radio is in the pile of discarded devices).

Around here WeatherBug lags behind the weather radio, for whatever reason. I am sure it's all transmitted at roughly the same time, but I'll get the alert on my phone about a minute or so after the weather radio alert. I keep them active because it's a great way to get weather info if I'm away from the house. For winter weather, our local office doesn't sound the alert so, the Weather Bug is the only way I get Winter Storm Warnings, or Winter Weather Advisories..