Posted on 08/11/2021 7:54:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) test will be conducted Wednesday and radios, televisions and certain cellphones will be alerted.
The test, which is being run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will begin at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET.
The EAS portion of the test, which will occur on radios and televisions, is scheduled to last about one minute, and the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) to cellphones, whose users have opted into receiving messages, should only be received once.
The message, according to FEMA, should read: "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed."
The message will display in either English or Spanish, depending on the language settings of the device, according to the FEMA press release.
According to FEMA, the two government agencies are coordinating with "wireless providers, emergency managers and other stakeholders" to "minimize confusion" and "maximize the public safety value of the test."
If Wednesday's test is canceled, a backup testing date is scheduled for Aug. 25.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
“This is a test of the EAS system. If you know of any unvaccinated sons-sa-bitches, please report them to your local authorities, immediately! This concludes this EAS message.”
...emergency managers and other stakeholders” to “minimize confusion”
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They’re from Washington and there here to ‘help’.
So how will we know without a cell, radio or TV? Air raid sireens? Tornado sireens? Hurricane sireens? Local LEO on their PA systems?
The reptilian aliens will be invading—panic now and beat the rush.
—And don’t forget to report to your local Mengele Institute Satellite Office to receive your vaccination against the Covid R (reptilian alien) variant.
This is a national emergency!
Thanks for letting me know when to turn off my phone.
Maybe your city has a system to call your landline in an emergency? Ours does, in case our oil refinery blows up or something .
“If you know of any unvaccinated sons-sa-bitches...”
Made me laugh!
This is a national emergency!
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Right, a national emergency is whatever they say it is.
They decide, you will comply.
We bought our new cell phone a few months ago and I have no idea if it's opted in or not. Depends on how it shipped. I turned off location services aka GPS. Guess we'll find out tomorrow.
Gots to wownder what nefarious crap this is about?
After all it is the mookabooking worthless federal gub mint.
Land line? Land lineless for a decade now. Maybe they’ll send me a telegram. Singing preferred. :-}
Maybe a messenger pigeon.
Sorry, I’ll have to miss it. I’m washing the dog in the back yard at that exact time.
“So how will we know without a cell, radio or TV? Air raid sireens? Tornado sireens? Hurricane sireens? Local LEO on their PA systems?”
Smoke signal? You see smoke, duck and cover!
What kind of emergency would affect people from Alaska to Key West to Guam? The only possible thing would be either the eruption of a supervolcano, a massive meteor strike or a nuclear exchange. In all three instances there is virtually nothing an individual could do.
You beat me to it. Seriously, I could see them doing it.
Local emergency managers (county level) are usually good folks. At least, mine are here in rural south Alabama. But the big-city emergency managers are mostly “LOCKDOWN” types, from what I read.
Thanks for the warning — I turned my smartphone OFF so I can ignore it (as I always do.)
Jungle drums? Or low rider with a 1,000 watt subwoofers?
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