>> Just received a call as follows:
>> (999) 999-9999 NAME NOT FOUND
>> and it was an "amber alert" about a missing boy in our town.
>> Has anyone else heard of this?
> Yep, my town is trying it out.
> I have an answering machine on my line, to filter out the
> telemarketers, and the reverse 911 system just hangs up without giving
> out the 'important' message. :-(
> Claude
They would leave a message except that they want to be sure the message was "heard".
My wife's reaction was, "what?! I want to hear it again!"
There should be a number that one can call back so that other members of the household can hear the information from the source.