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Fri, Jun 7, 2013 1:14 AM
Disable Sever Weather Alerts
Is there a way to disable the Severe Weather Alerts I am receiving from Weather on Demand? I find them extremely irritating and annoying.
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dhascall
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7 years ago
It's not a "feature" it is a requirement. If Comcast wasn't doing this, they would be in violation of the law. If you feel it is too loud, I would recommend that you send a private message to the escalation team at AT&T Customer Care, and someone will get in touch with you.
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vid30jk
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7 years ago
Comcast DOES HAVE the same EAS warning messages, except that when they happen (testing or real), the entire cable box LOCKS UP, and any DVR recordings happening get stopped and then restarted -- so there are two separate recordings -- AND you lose any program during that gap.
With U-verse, everything stays the same, except for the "Continue" or "Exit" options, which were a welcome surprise when I came to U-verse.
All of you who have a problem with this, hate to relay this information ........ but these EAS warnings will follow you wherever you go -- not just on your TV:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/weatherreadynation/wea.html
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dhascall
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7 years ago
I never had that happen with Comcast but then again, I only was with them up until 2008 with like v3 of their digital box. There for a while U-Verse did have its alerts messed up, wjhere I would get an alert for a county 100 miles away. Also, some areas are experiencing louder than should be tones and IIRC, a fix at the VHO was needed.
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baseballisback
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7 years ago
Instead, we had all three news channels on full coverage for over two hours.
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dhascall
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7 years ago
hey bbis: Are you saying that there were warnings and/or watches and they were not passed through via U-Verse?
I now recall a Severe Thunderstorm warning for Marion County (Indianapoolis) last Sunday night and I do not recall the EBS alert going off. Hmmmm.
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oufanindallas
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7 years ago
I've never had an EAS for a watch, only for warnings. With that said, it has always been for severe thunderstorm warnings, not just they typical thunderstorms. I don't remember what the NWS uses to classify it as severe, but I know it involves extreme wind speeds and hail.
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jamesteixeira
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7 years ago
I don't see a solution here.
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dhascall
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7 years ago
If you are complaining that the community accepted solution does not apply, you would be wrong. @texasguy37 gave what is "the best answer:"
You can't disable EAS alerts with ANY TV provider. The alerts are mandated by the government. I suggest that you write your congressman.
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lonegunman
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7 years ago
Government mandated alert is yet one more intrusive feature of big government. If this is so important, let's just blank out the channel and show just the alert. Better yet, why not implant a government alert interface in our brain. Yes, I'm being trollish and absurd, but I think those alerts are not worth the trouble considering the number of people that are not affected.
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klepp0906
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klepp0906
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skeeterintexas
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6 years ago
Either hit the "Exit" button or the "Mute" button as quickly as possible.
I consider it a challenge.
Don't mess with old people. The older we get, the less "Life in Prison" is a deterrent.
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klepp0906
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mibrnsurg
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6 years ago
Don't know what problem you have, but I'll hit Enter 2 times to go 2 spaces down.
Just like this, it works.
Turn your volume down, they are not that loud it'll blow out your speakers, at least here in metro Detroit. 😉
Chris
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TUCHA6644
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6 years ago
Not only is the Test annoying. Bad part is when there actually is an Weather Alert for our area, there is no warning on Uverse. Pretty sad, like crying wolf except when the wolf is at the door. We have had several alerts in the last 3 days here, and not one alert on the TV. Local stations just beep and post the alert at the bottom of the screen, and I have never seen them test their alerts. ??????
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