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I never got the alert today, and my phone is turned on. Looks like having turned off all the alerts in my settings, worked.

47 posted on 10/04/2023 12:38:13 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)

Some reasons why you may not have gotten it:

Older phones may also not be compatible with Wireless Emergency Alerts, or WEA. Verizon has a list of phone models that are new enough to receive and display the alerts. For iPhones, for example, you’ll need an iPhone 4 or later to get any sort of alert. iPhones XR and later work with the latest version of WEA, which has improved geographic targeting in case of a real emergency.

If your cell coverage is from a smaller provider, they may also have opted out. “Some providers do not participate in WEA and will not transmit the national test,” FEMA says.

49 posted on 10/04/2023 12:51:01 PM PDT by Qiviut (To the living, we owe respect. To the dead, we owe the truth (Voltaire) $hot $hills: Sod Off)

To: mass55th; Qiviut

I had been watching the Bold and the Beautiful in the MD, VA, DC viewing area and it was announced promptly at 2:20 pm.

54 posted on 10/04/2023 9:55:50 PM PDT by gleeaikin ( Question authority!)

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