From: wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
   danny burstein  wrote:   
   >"level" used a bit loosely...   
   >   
   >expanding:  there are diffferent levels of alerts and you can,   
   >for example, tell your phone to ignore "Amber" (missing children)   
   >pageouts.  Numerous others, too.   
   >   
   >But you can NOT (or shouldn't be able to) shut off the highest   
   >level ones, i.e., the Presidential "you have 10 minutes until   
   >nuclear self destruct".   
   >   
   >Anyone know what category NOAA alerts come under?   
      
   I don't, but I do know that NOAA/NWS has been the subject of a lot of   
   criticism in the past for issuing excessive weather warnings through   
   the Wireless Emergency Alert system, particularly flash-flood alerts,   
   particularly at night, leading people to disable those alerts on their   
   phones and miss important alerts.  NWS was supposed to have   
   recalibrated their thresholds for WEAs but many people may still have   
   them disabled.   
      
   On my phone, I have the following high-level categories:   
      
   	National   
   	Extreme   
   	Severe   
   	AMBER   
   	Public safety   
   	State and local tests   
      
   I have "extreme" and "severe" enabled and never get any so I don't   
   have a message history to inspect.   
      
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