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Massive emergency alert test will sound alarms on US cellphones, TVs and radios in October
MSN ^ | 8-26-23

Posted on 08/27/2023 6:10:24 AM PDT by nuconvert

On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an emergency alert, accompanied by a notice along these lines:

“This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, covering the United States from 14:20 to 14:50 hours ET. This is only a test. No action is required by the public."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: eas; emergencyalert; fema
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1 posted on 08/27/2023 6:10:24 AM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Duck and Cover


2 posted on 08/27/2023 6:11:25 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

I remember


3 posted on 08/27/2023 6:12:09 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: nuconvert

Why? All we need is people driving down the highway at high speed and that dumbass alert racket goes off all of a sudden.


4 posted on 08/27/2023 6:12:20 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Say anything you like. Just don't say anything you don't like." - Old communist proverb.)
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To: SaveFerris; metmom

Preparing us for the “next emergency”...
🙄


5 posted on 08/27/2023 6:14:20 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: nuconvert

Yet another federal agency we do not need butting into our lives. NO.


6 posted on 08/27/2023 6:15:29 AM PDT by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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To: nuconvert

These alerts can be turned off. At least on my Samsung old phone.


7 posted on 08/27/2023 6:18:19 AM PDT by sonova (Ask me about hate speech!)
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To: nuconvert

Big Brother in action. A reminder that government actually does control every aspect of our lives.


8 posted on 08/27/2023 6:19:30 AM PDT by I want the USA back (If genitals don't define gender, how does removing them affirm it? )
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To: nuconvert

Turn off all your equipment at 2:15.


9 posted on 08/27/2023 6:19:31 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


10 posted on 08/27/2023 6:23:31 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: nuconvert

Reckon I need to find out the planned originating IP and block it as spam.

If the shtf to that extent, I hope one lands in my back yard . . .


11 posted on 08/27/2023 6:23:59 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: sonova

Not anymore.


12 posted on 08/27/2023 6:24:01 AM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: nuconvert

It used to be the Emergency Action Notification System.
I forgot what it was called before that.


13 posted on 08/27/2023 6:28:19 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: nuconvert

Uh huh.

They are planning something to cause great fear and panic.


14 posted on 08/27/2023 6:28:44 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Shady

Not a surprise, took quite a bit of effort seven years ago...


15 posted on 08/27/2023 6:28:57 AM PDT by sonova (Ask me about hate speech!)
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To: nuconvert

The ‘regular’ alerts are ridiculous — my cellphone screeches for Amber Alerts that are up to 500 miles away.

Cable TV occasionally has EBS alerts.

The city tests their alert sirens about every 3 months.

Car alarms go off frequently.

The more ‘alerts’, the less people pay attention.

Other than incoming nuclear, why would we need a national alert? “This is a nationwide alert: You have 15 minutes to kiss your a$$ goodbye, but get your COVID jab NOW!”


16 posted on 08/27/2023 6:33:45 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: nuconvert

Bttt


17 posted on 08/27/2023 6:35:21 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: nuconvert

I’ll be dead from Covid-23 by then…

(Or not)


18 posted on 08/27/2023 6:37:01 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Shady

Yeah you can. My phone is about a month old and I can turn off wireless emergency alerts.


19 posted on 08/27/2023 6:38:40 AM PDT by This_Dude
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To: EEGator

Maybe they can bring you back in a med bed. 😉


20 posted on 08/27/2023 6:41:08 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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