August 11, 2021 - Emergency Alert Test at 2:20 pm

Just in case anyone hears their phone go off then.

"At 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the federal government will be testing two emergency alert systems on televisions, radios and certain cell phones across the country."

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/11/1026679111/fema-fcc-nationwide-emergency-alert-test-eas-wea?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social


nohero said:

Just in case anyone hears their phone go off then.

"At 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the federal government will be testing two emergency alert systems on televisions, radios and certain cell phones across the country."

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/11/1026679111/fema-fcc-nationwide-emergency-alert-test-eas-wea?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

I didn't get it. And I didn't opt out. And I have my sister's phone and it didn't come through there. And my husband didn't get it either. Wonder what happened...


“ … certain cell phones …”


KarenMarlowe said:

I didn't get it. And I didn't opt out. And I have my sister's phone and it didn't come through there. And my husband didn't get it either. Wonder what happened...

 Neither my husband nor I got the alert, either. When I read the link, it said it would be sent to TV/radio stations and to people who opted in to the WEA system for emergency alerts. I thought I had done that, but maybe not...


I'm opted in, but didn't get one on my phone, but I heard it on NPR which was playing in the background.



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