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the sound nobody reads but everybody silences faster than a vampire dodging sunrise
means A warning or signal that something needs your attention, or the state of being watchful and ready to react.
from From the Italian military phrase all'erta — 'to the lookout,' literally 'on the height,' since erta meant a steep climb or watchtower slope where sentries kept their eyes open. French borrowed it as alerte, and English took it up around the 17th century, first as a soldier's cry of vigilance before it shrank into the buzz on your phone.
- origin
- From Italian all'erta, meaning on the watchtower
- fatigue
- Hospital staff ignore most alarms due to overload
- color code
- Red alert was a real WWII naval signal
- survival
- Amber Alerts have recovered over 1,100 children
amber alert — us system for missing children, created 1996, broadcasts to vehicles and phones
red alert — highest readiness status in military/emergency protocols, signals imminent danger
defcon 3 — us military alert level indicating increase in military readiness, 3 of 5 levels