Anna Wilcox
@bsky.awilfox.com
Tulsa, OK. Programmer: C++/Py/Ruby/Rust. Cat mum: Mr Gaz, Melody, Willow. Photographer. Religious leftist. Real life librarian(ish) @ UCB! Fluent English, learning French and Ukrainian.
Hot takes about Unix, computers, politics, and Chicago Bears.
Hot takes about Unix, computers, politics, and Chicago Bears.
Why the actual hell did my phone in Tulsa, OK just tone out a #WEA for a blue alert in Texas? Who do I report this abuse of WEA to? This is clearly not related to anything #okwx and it will have a hugely detrimental effect on keeping people weather aware if this continues.
![My iPhone Lock Screen showing an Emergency Alert, about someone who injured a police officer in Texas. It says at the end: "no credible info Song [the suspect] is in Oklahoma".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:birgm623vujwqn3dbkrk36aj/bafkreicvm3dcpt2243nhf4k37evky622pxoxwpeikkfd6ejwcljhl45gya@jpeg)
July 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Why the actual hell did my phone in Tulsa, OK just tone out a #WEA for a blue alert in Texas? Who do I report this abuse of WEA to? This is clearly not related to anything #okwx and it will have a hugely detrimental effect on keeping people weather aware if this continues.