I fail to see the value of an Amber Alert on my cell phone. At 78 years. old that sudden screaming siren is more likely to give me a heart attack than let me be of any aid to a kidnapped child.  As bad as I feel for any abducted child, I fail to see how I can be of any help, especially when the phone provides so little information and often the abduction is hundred of miles away. Whoever approved this Amber Alert may have had good intentions, but didn't give the situation much thought. This idiotic "public service" should really be reconsidered and removed from our phone system.