Nationwide Emergency Alert Test

biggill wrote:

On a serious note, remember it’s the first Wednesday of the month. Tornado sirens will be happening around the same time.

That is a very good point.

That’s too much stress for one day.

CaptainMusky wrote:

That’s too much stress for one day.

They are coming for us.

“Today will mark the seventh nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System. Six previous tests were conducted over the years between November 2011 and August 2021. This will be the third nationwide test of wireless alerts, and the second nationwide test transmitted to all cellphones, FEMA said in a statement.”

I don’t recall the first cell phone national alert. If this new one is anything like the alert I got a few weeks ago, the “Screeching – full volume” alarm is going to surprise a lot of people!

http://www.in-depthoutdoors.com/community/forums/topic/public-safety-alert-last-night/

I work in an office. My phone will be off!

-J.

It’s all good, everyone’s will go off in the office. Then there will be 10 minutes of gossip and by 3pm it will just be a memory

I heard on the radio that the sirens won’t sound at 1:00 but will coincide with the national test at 1:20.

Netguy wrote:

I heard on the radio that the sirens won’t sound at 1:00 but will coincide with the national test at 1:20.

If I’m reading this correctly, this might be for Hennepin county only.

I actually know the guy who’s in charge of the sirens in Hennepin county.

My phone will ring –
Personal self defense siren will go off –

Oh. That’s what it is –

Life goes on –

Baitwaster wrote:

My phone will ring –

Oh. That’s what it is –

Life goes on –

RING!?
Your phone is going to sound like a cat that stepped on a Christmas ornament!

suzuki wrote:

Your phone is going to sound like a cat that stepped on a Christmas ornament!

Or a parent when they step on a lego the kid left on the floor in the dark.

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>suzuki wrote:</div>
Your phone is going to sound like a cat that stepped on a Christmas ornament!

Or a parent when they step on a lego the kid left on the floor in the dark.

Or my wife when she walks into a room and sees me attempting to relax for my first time in weeks

Or my wife when she walks into a room and sees me attempting to relax for my first time in weeks
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I feel this. This one hit close to the heart

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>suzuki wrote:</div>
Your phone is going to sound like a cat that stepped on a Christmas ornament!

Or a parent when they step on a lego the kid left on the floor in the dark.

Or a nail on a board attached to the steps. Im sensing a pattern here?

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Netguy wrote:

I heard on the radio that the sirens won’t sound at 1:00 but will coincide with the national test at 1:20.

Somebody missed the memo. I can hear them going off now.

Yeah ours went off at 1 too. Powered the phone off to test the theory that it will still go off.

Life’s about to change for every one who keeps the phone on. Good luck to all

3 more minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Not too shockingly, the government couldn’t even time it correctly. Mine went off promptly at 1:17pm.

Where do we get our “I survived” tee shirt?

Mine just went off. 2 minutes early. Are we dead. It wasn’t loud or even inconvenient. What should we rally against now?

Mine just went off and it didn’t make noise since I have my phone on vibrate. I thought their system was supposed to override that…

Sometimes you must create your own destiny, instead of simply living out your NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY ALERT TEST.

Sharon wrote:

Mine just went off and it didn’t make noise since I have my phone on vibrate. I thought their system was supposed to override that…

I thought so too? So far my powered down phone has not make a pepe.

Bearcat89 wrote:

Mine just went off. 2 minutes early. Are we dead. It wasn’t loud or even inconvenient. What should we rally against now?

Hipsters, I hate hipsters!

Bearcat89 wrote:

Mine just went off. 2 minutes early. Are we dead. It wasn’t loud or even inconvenient. What should we rally against now?

I now have myocarditis and periocarditis and I am apparently identifying with pronouns.

suzuki wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Sharon wrote:</div>
Mine just went off and it didn’t make noise since I have my phone on vibrate. I thought their system was supposed to override that…

I thought so too? So far my powered down phone has not make a pepe.

Why would it lol, my dead work phone didn’t go off, should I find that strange?

suzuki wrote:

I thought so too? So far my powered down phone has not make a pepe.

Just turned phone back on and the alarm went off. Full volume and no way to stop it…..

-J.

The other phones that were on went off at 1:18 and then again at 1:20. WTF?

-J.

Jon Jordan wrote:

Just turned phone back on and the alarm went off. Full volume and no way to stop it…..

-J.

I had mine off and turned it back on 6 minutes ago and it never went off.

Well that was a wake up. That would be hard to miss on a cell phone.