docs: def _serialized(self):
          """Provides a sanitized & serializeable dict of the alert mainly for forward & backwards compatibility"""
          return {'title': self.title,
                  'summary': self.summary,
                  'areadesc': self.areadesc,
                  'event': self.event,
                  'samecodes': self.samecodes,
                  'zonecodes': self.zonecodes,
                  'expiration': self.expiration,
                  'updated': self.updated,
                  'effective': self.effective,
                  'published': self.published,
                  'severity': self.severity,
                  'category': self.category,
                  'urgency': self.urgency,
                  'msgtype': self.msgtype,
                  'link': self.link,
                  }