Posted on 09/15/2018 7:44:51 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will send a message to all U.S. cellphones on Thursday to test a previously unused alert system that aims to warn the public about national emergencies.
The messages will bear the headline "Presidential Alert", the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said in a statement this week. Phones will make a loud tone and have a special vibration, said FEMA, which will send the alert.
The test message, scheduled for 2:18 p.m. EDT on Thursday, will read: "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed."
The test has been scheduled to ensure that the alert system would work in the event of a national emergency. U.S. cellphone users will not be able to opt out.
Former President Barack Obama signed a law in 2016 requiring FEMA to create a system allowing the president to send cellphone alerts regarding public safety emergencies.
Since the wireless emergency alert system began in 2012, it has issued over 36,000 alerts for situations such as missing children, extreme weather and natural disasters, but never a presidential directive. Cell phone users can opt out of natural disaster or missing children alerts.
FEMA said in a statement the alerts can only be used for national emergencies. The president has sole responsibility for determining when the national-level alerts are used.
In the event of widespread severe weather or another significant event on Sept. 20, the test will be pushed back to Oct. 3, FEMA said.
The administration announced in July that it would schedule the test alert for September. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on its role in planning the test alert.
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If you have a custom ROM on your phone, several of them come with all the stupid emergency alert things disabled. I have NEVER gotten one of those.
Doug, what do you know about this? 🧐
You can’t turn this one off.
Thanks. I’ll have to check for sure. I hate the alerts.
nothing lol
“...Report to local red militia rally point immediately for further instruction....”
LOL... do you realize how funny that would be...
When Italy invaded Ethiopia, Emperor Haile Selassie sent out an order that all males were to show up in Addis Ababa with their spears; woman can accompany their men. Any males not showing up will be executed.
I understand that he got total compliance.
Trump’s opponents will begin making fun of this in 2 minutes. It started with bammy, and they never made fun of it then. It will be fun to see liberal showing that they aren’t fit to open their mouths or to vote.
The bombing will start in...
“Maybe it will save lives when the Communist Chinese decide to nuke us.”
They have dropped that idea, they have people analyzing the words of Pelosi, Waters and Obama to concoct a special broadcast weapon that will make us all too stupid to live.
UPDATE:
FEMA has postponed the National Periodic Test to October 3, 2018 at 1418 ET for WEA and 1420 ET for EAS (Broadcast and Cable)
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-alert-test
Woo Hoo!! RESIST!!! Oh wait,, Oct. 3rd .. OK.
I guess FEMA is kind of busy with other stuff.. good move.
I have a high school classmate who is now a professor at a college in eastern Washington. He says that President Trump will use it as follows:
” My fellow American Patriots, the Fake News and Deep State are attempting a coup against me. I am therefore declaring martial law and declaring myself Dictator for Life. “
At that point, he believes everyone he considers an ‘enemy’ will be jailed or shot.
He’s a first-class liberal loon.
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