In the middle of the night Friday – well, really the wee hours of the morning of Saturday, Nov. 22 – a flaw in Guilford County’s emergency warning system scared the bejesus out of just about every resident in the county.
One of those residents was the owner and editor of the Rhino Times who, due to the timing and the sudden blaring alert sound coming from every Apple device, assumed there must be something like a nuclear missile attack taking place.
At about 2:28 a.m., cell phones across Guilford County lit up, vibrated and blared the harsh Wireless Emergency Alert tone usually reserved for tornado warnings, AMBER Alerts or truly imminent threats…