This AMBER Alert has been cancelled, although the children are still thought to be with their non-custodial mother and boyfriend heading to Maine. This is an Iowa AMBER Alert. Iowa Law Enforcement has determined that two children have been abducted and the lives of the child are in danger. The … Continue reading
Category Archives: AMBER Alerts
Changing the AMBER Alerts Again
For some reason this morning the AMBER Alert parser went insane. It reposted every item in my RSS feed when there were only 3 updates. So, to keep that from happening again, I’ve added an RSS item to the left hand of every page on the site. I’m still working … Continue reading
Automatic AMBER Alert Posts
You may have noticed this evening a barrage of posts for an AMBER Alert in Texas. I’ve been able to upgrade how posts go out and now post them to my website and my RSS Feed. The only downside is that large states… like Texas… often cause several alerts to … Continue reading
AMBER Alerts work again
I just had an AMBER Alert come through the system from South Carolina. The email alerts and web posting to the website are working once again. To see current AMBER alert information you can visit www.westendorf.us/special/emwin/amber.shtml. I plan to eventually open up the email alerts for anyone to subscribe to … Continue reading
Alerts are coming back online
Well, obviously, the upgrade didn't go so well. Apparently the new version has different wildcard matching so my alarms that used to work didn't anymore. Lucky for me, it only took 3 days to figure that out. </sarcasm> I have most webpage stuff back to normal. Child Abduction Emergencies are … Continue reading
Email alerts are down
I'm updating the software that sends out weather and AMBER Alert messages and emails. Unfortunately, since the computer this software runs on is a little slow anyway, the upgrades will take me a little longer than the planned overnight outage. I'll post back when things are running again. This also … Continue reading
A bonus, 2 years later
I've always wanted to be able to send messages to my phone from the weather server but I didn't want to have to pay for the service. Well, this week I've been researching phones as my current phone is starting to get weird. Weird? Yes, weird, as in Pat Robertson … Continue reading
*** Iowa AMBER Alert Cancelled ***
URGENT – CHILD AMBER ALERT IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFTEY RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1022 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006 THE AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SUSPECT AND BOTH JUVINILES HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN SIOUX CITY. Visit http://www.westendorf.us/special/emwin/amber.shtml for updates…