NIXLE wakes up County at 4:19AM

Who do you suppose the idiot is in the County who authorized sending a text message on the NIXLE system at 4:19AM to tell everybody to stay home today?

Do you think there is anyone who is going to stay home because some bureaucrat says to? Most people in the County are smart enough to look outside and make that decision for themselves. They don't need a bureaucrat or an anonymous person at the sheriff's department to tell them to stay off the roads this morning.

First of all, they probably can't even get out of their garages, carports, driveways or parking lots.

Do you think the person at the County or the Sheriff's Department thought that the chimes on a sleeping person's cell phone might wake up him or her? Could the message have been sent at 5:30AM or 6:00AM or 6:30AM? What was so magical about 4:19AM?

NIXLE is like someone's toy that he gets to play with, regardless of the recipient. And someone needs to take away that toy for a while. McHenry County residents are adults!

Bad weather? Thanks, Mommy NIXLE

And yet another worthless text-message from the McHenry County Sheriff's Department via NIXLE. "MCSO Encourages Community to Prepare for Upcoming Winter Storm, check our website for more Info."

How many drivers on the road read that text message? Guesses, anyone?

Today it's "Get ready for the blizzard".

And then came the e-mail. "Sheriff Keith Nygren would like to remind all residents of McHenry County of several safe driving tips and has provided links to several resources informing residents of building closures and on road conditions."

Think he is in town and ready to direct the impending crisis on the roads of McHenry County? Or is he in Cape Coral and protecting our County by cell phone? Has anyone seen him at work recently? Like, ever since he sold his house in McHenry County on December 3rd?

Is there anyone who needed that information from NIXLE? What did we ever do before NIXLE?

Huntley FD tests NIXLE

Let's hear it for the Huntley Fire Protection District! Boo...boo...boo...

Why would they need to "test" NIXLE? I have no idea. Why send a message reading "SMS test Email test" to hundreds (thousands?) of subscribers? And why not only to Huntley subscribers? Did it go County-wide?

Surely, NIXLE must have an internal testing arrangement, so that subscribers aren't bothered by "test" messages!

OK, OK, I know... I could unsubscribe. I know how to unsubscribe. It's more important, and more fun, to poke fun at idiotic procedures...

If you got one of those stupid test messages, write back to Ken Caudle at kcaudle@huntleyfpd.org, and let him know.