That is, people are often alerted to tragedies that are taking place miles away, or even further, from their current location.
Furthermore, he said, the eyes are truly a window to the body, and a proper eye exam can often alert physicians to a serious underlying disease like diabetes, multiple sclerosis or even a brain tumor.
Fans of the show who heard about the house often alert her to available Munsters-worthy items.
"Sign up for e-newsletters with your preferred airlines, hotels or travel portal, as they'll often alert you to offers and sales before general release as well as flag their best offers, so cutting down on your browsing time," says Steve Campion, managing director of the Holiday Discount Centre.
While the resort's friendly staff would often alert them to the need for a yellow wristband, they were still greeted with open arms from shuffling dance fanatics.
Such blunders are rare, and audiences are often acutely alert to the possibility of the surprising and the miraculous happening in the moment of performance itself.
In fact, his first-person commentary is often more alert to the dangers of colonial caricature than Greene's own when the novel seems to fall into a more generalised third person: '"For voices have a colour too, yellow voices sing and black voices gargle, while ours just speak".
Reports on shootings have shown that ShotSpotter often alerted dispatchers to gunfire several minutes before 911 calls came in, he said, and it has also been accurate within four feet, as measured by the location of shell casings.
The smell often alerts predators to the largely defenceless kakapo.
The yearly or quarterly refrigerator clean often alerts us to items we've completely forgotten about, and which have sadly lost their inevitable fight with Time.
