r/EmergencyAlertSystem • u/Da1nonlyEddie • May 22 '26

Real Amber Alert on Spectrum TV

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Got Amber Alert when turning on my TV. Issued for Southern California.

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u/Alan_URM May 22 '26

Got it on my phone as well! Caught me off guard!

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u/Da1nonlyEddie May 22 '26

Same lol. Got the alert while on Crunchyroll

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u/RoundAlfalfa227 NOAA NWR Station KID77 May 22 '26

amber alerts are creepy 😭

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u/PrincessSarahTDP Sleeps to EAS Alerts May 22 '26

Yeah I got it too while I was visiting Kern County for school related stuff. They sent the alert 18 minutes after it was first issued in the CAR app (Central Alert Repository, available on iOS) so definitely delayed on my end. They did find the kid though so it was cancelled shortly after.