Posted on 10/03/2023 7:16:49 PM PDT by DoodleBob
The Wireless Emergency Alert system is scheduled to have its third nationwide test on Oct. 4, 2023. The Wireless Emergency Alert system is a public safety system that allows authorities to alert people via their mobile devices of dangerous weather, missing children and other situations requiring public attention
Similar tests in 2018 and 2021 caused a degree of public confusion and resistance. In addition, there was confusion around the first test of the U.K. system in April 2023, and an outcry surrounding accidental alert messages such as those sent in Hawaii in January 2018 and in Florida in April 2023.
The federal government lists five types of emergency alerts: National (formerly labeled Presidential), Imminent Threat, Public Safety, America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (Amber), and Opt-in Test Messages. You can opt out of any except National Alerts, which are reserved for national emergencies. The Oct. 4 test is a National Alert.
We are a media studies researcher and a communications researcher who study emergency alert systems. We believe that concerns about previous tests raise two questions: Is public trust in emergency alerting eroding? And how might the upcoming test rebuild it?
…Over-alerting is a common fear in emergency management circles because it can lead people to ignore alerts and not take needed action…
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When the origin of an alert is unclear, or the recipient perceives it to have a political bias counter to their own views, people may become confused or resistant to the message. Prior tests and use of the Wireless Emergency Alert system have indicated strong anti-authority attitudes, particularly following the much-derided 2018 test of what was then called the Presidential Alert message class. There are already conspiracy theories online about the upcoming test.
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I am starting to think that the government knows that a space invasion is on the way and they are training the Russians to fight them off.
One of of your memes was a lyric in this song, from a whole album about television.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IZcEQUq3Gyw&pp=ygUOdHViZXMgdGVsZWNpZGU%3D
LOL....Thanks for the warning! I will watch for that pigeon since I will be outside power washing today.
The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System is something else we have to thank GWB for.
Last 30 minutes? I doubt that.
🤔 It could be a “teachable moment” for folks paying attention. If “they” can override your silence button....... 💡. What else might “they” be able to do? Some folks are already aware of the dangers of cell phones. Just sayin’.
Its just a test. You’re Q fears won’t likely come true for about 5 more months. 😏
It’s coming over your computer, too.
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Doesn’t bother me a whit.
Thanks.
I did turn them off but it just went off anyhow.
Just got my silly alert. So far, my body is still intact (so far as I know)!
Why wasn’t this done for Maui?
My cell phone went alert. Nothing else did. I didn’t have any TVs on. My computers didn’t do squat either.
I was streaming a radio station online and heard their alert.
Only difference from the usual was that they said it was nationwide.
Had my phone off.
Do I think that the government is listening actively to me? Probably not.
But why let any opportunity go to waste?
Mine, too.
But at least it could not override the manual audio/mute side switch!
“ But at least it could not override the manual audio/mute side switch!”
I didn’t think about that.
That song’s amazing. That album is 1972 and the movie Network was 1976. Guess The Tubes were mad as hell before Howard Beale was.
I think it also was the inspiration for this song.
Frank Zappa - I’m The Slime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdtGo2Ib9oI
Remote Control came out in ‘79. The whole album is very good. It was co-produced by Todd Rundgren, and some consider it to be their best album.
Why did the test first send the message in Spanish? it was 30 seconds or so before it was sent in English.
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