Didn’t have to go to the pre-school open house. Got the snow day I needed. Sure it’s my daughter’s future we’re talking about, but it was a Pitt basketball game.

Ended up missing the first 2 minutes of the game because an incompetent “Amber” alert was broadcast. I stress incompetent, because they gave the areas to be aware — twice. They, however, neglected to give other relevant info. You know like a description of the child, the suspect, the car or where last seen.

This incompetency was repeated again around 1:30 pm, but expanded. Rather than singling out 10 counties in NE Ohio, they posted it for all of Ohio. Again without any relevant info. What did they want, the police flooded with calls like, “I just saw a car go by with a kid in it.”

About 2:15, they finally gave the relevant info and it turns out that the abduction took place at 5:30 this morning in Cleveland. Way to make sure people were aware in advance to make a difference.

UPDATE: Not that anyone really cares, but just to close the book on this. The kid was actually dropped off safely at a fire station in Cleveland at 2 in the afternooon. Turns out mom and her boyfriend had been arguing. While he was driving the car, she claims he was trying to choke her. She jumped out — leaving the kid behind.