Here's what it sounds like on Android https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HQe8e3voRdw
IDK why it's so much more chill than the "child abduction" alerts I get. Those are straight up adrenaline-inducing so I've disabled them.
IDK why it's so much more chill than the "child abduction" alerts I get. Those are straight up adrenaline-inducing so I've disabled them.
Japan, who had the first earthquake early warning system, did research and discovered that scary sounds made people panic, which is a bad thing in a situation when you need people to act quickly. Their standard alert sound is a fairly pleasant chime.
The downside is that some people now have panic reactions to the EEW sound, since it is standardized. I guess sometimes you can't win.
If you look up the sound, don't play it if you are in Japan. That's extremely no bueno.
It's not even like the children's lives are in actual danger. Most of these alerts seem to be about custody disputes, in the vein of the kid went to his daddy's place for the weekend and hasn't been back by Monday 7am.