Today is the day for the big FEMA test

[BillM]

According to the gov, FEMA will test its emergency alerts system today around 2:20 eastern time. They have said it will go out to phones and TV's and since I don't trust anything the government says or does, I'm going to shut off my modem and take the battery out of my phone from 2 until 3 ET. Paranoid? No, experienced. They have said you may have to reboot your devices to make them work again.

 

[gll]

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[BBL]

Thanks for the warning. I disabled all those pesky alerts on my phone a long time ago but Google keeps f***ing with me and keeps turning them on from time to time (as our overlords, they can do anything they want).
Let me double-check that the alerts are off. Don't want to go deaf when the thing starts blaring away.

 

[SA_Steve]

did not happen on my stuff, at least not at the scheduled time

 

[toddnjoyce]

Most people don’t opt-in for test messages, so I doubt many will see it.

IPAWS National Test 2023

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a national test of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) on Oct. 4, 2023.

www.fema.gov

 

[Axxe55]

Was there a run on tin foil today?

Asking for my paranoid friends!

 

[BillM]

I went dark for an hour, didn't see or hear anything. My wife said she heard it and now for some reason, she says I have to get rid of all my guns and join the democratic party!

 

[striker55]

Only warning I saw was on Dish TV.

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

Didn't happen.

 

[TipBledsoe]

did not happen on my stuff, at least not at the scheduled time

Me neither. Nothing unusual.

... But hoping it somehow cause my wife to become like a Stepford Wife

 

[BBL]

Didn't happen.

Had the radio on, heard no "fax machine" noises, counry music as always.

 

[BBL]

Me neither. Nothing unusual.

... But hoping it somehow cause my wife to become like a Stepford Wife

Don't scare me!
My wife brought home a DVD set with the new WestWorld series. She's been binge watching like crazy in this heat.
I wonder if she's learning how to be a bad Stepford wife robot and terminate all humans.

 

[kbaxter60]

I went dark for an hour, didn't see or hear anything. My wife said she heard it and now for some reason, she says I have to get rid of all my guns and join the democratic party!

Don't forget to choose new pronouns!

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Nothing on my phone, but it came across cable.

 

[Axxe55]

I'm hearing lots of helicopters overhead..........

Sorry, false alarm. It was just some UFO's flying around.

 

[Sam7sf]

I use T-Mobile so it’s not like they can contact me reliably

 

[Axxe55]

I use T-Mobile so it’s not like they can contact me reliably

Can you hear me now?

 

[jrbfishn]

What???
I think my hearing aid is going dead I can't hear anything.

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[baboon]

Out here in Trump country we were not bothered with current regimen bullshit!

 

[Axxe55]

What???
I think my hearing aid is going dead I can't hear anything.

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