Hi Sherrie, I know exactly what you mean. BTW, in order to keep the "normal" alerts from waking me up in the middle of the night, I've been turning off speech with the three finger double tap before locking the phone at night; keeping earbuds plugged in I admit works just as well, either way though we have to remember to undo things before trying to use the phone in the morning. It's a shame the "do not disturb" mode and the mute switch neither one will deal with supressing unwanted VO speech.
Chip -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sherrie Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 8:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Severe weather alerts I just started following this thread but to me the most important alert is the Government Alerts. This woke me in the middle of the night a few months ago with a Tornado Warning for my location. What is especially good about that is that I keep the phone by the bed but keep wired earpods plugged in at night so the other notifications don't wake me up. But the Government alerts came through the speaker even with headphones connected which is important. I did choose not to receive the Amber Alerts after one of those came through in the middle of the night a few years ago. I unchecked this one since I can't see the pictures anyway. But I did appreciate the Tornado Warning. Luckily the tornado did not come to my mobile home park but did hit about 10 miles away. For ordinary weather alerts I use Storm Shield. I see that it was compared to Weather Radio which someone said is $9.99. Storm Shield is $2.99. Sherrie Gosling -----Original Message----- From: Chip Orange Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 5:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Severe weather alerts Keith, I don't know how this works, but I get alerts even when I cannot tell that it's running (but it must be). This is also true for one of my local news paper apps, which gives me "headline" notifications for breaking news, and it's definitely not running in any way that I can see it. Actually, the same is true for my Outlook app, which gives me calendar alerts, even when I haven't run it in days. There must be a way for apps to really be in the background, so that they don't show up even in the app switcher. I'll do some research on this to see if I can come up with anything definitive. Chip -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 2:15 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: Severe weather alerts Does it have to be on in the background to send alerts, or will alerts get sent even if the app is closed? Thanks, Keith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chip Orange Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Severe weather alerts I use Wunderground (from Weather Underground, free). It tracks your current location, and also allows you to specify multiple locations for notifications. It also gives you a lot of weather and forecast info on screen if you want it, along with the severe weather alerts. You can also specify the types of severe alerts you want to be notified about. Supported by ads, which you can pay to remove, although with Voice Over I don't notice them at all. Chip -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 11:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Severe weather alerts Hi, what are some severe weather alert apps people use? I'm looking for where I can receive alerts for multiple locations. Thank you, Traci -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. 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