FEMA: Nationwide test of alert system

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  1. guest

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    No cause for alarm: Nationwide test of alert system coming Wednesday
    August 7, 2019
    https://wtop.com/dc/2019/08/federal-emergency-planners-conduct-nationwide-test-of-alert-system/
    FEMA: The IPAWS National Test
     
    guest, Aug 7, 2019
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  2. guest

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    'Jimmy Kimmel Live' fined $395,000 for using emergency alert tones
    August 16, 2019
    https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/16/jimmy-kimmel-fine-emergency-alert-tones/
    FCC: FCC Settles Investigations Into Misuse of Emergency Alert Tones
     
    guest, Aug 16, 2019
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    FEMA just tested the U.S. national emergency alert system
    August 11, 2021
    https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/11/fema-emergency-alert-system/
     
    guest, Aug 11, 2021
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  4. JRViejo

    JRViejo Super Moderator

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    Yeah, EAS killed my Cable TV modem, needing reboot. :eek:
     
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  5. ronjor

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    Nothing here. Nada. No test show.
     
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  6. JRViejo

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    Be glad. Killing your TV modem during an emergency ain't good. :isay:
     
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  7. xxJackxx

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    They didn't want you to know the details. You've been excluded from the plans... :isay: :argh:
     
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  8. JRViejo

    JRViejo Super Moderator

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    Then... I feel blessed. :shifty: :D
     
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  9. EASTER

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    Test broke in DISH. Nothing new-Local Emer can do that too.

    Nothing whatsoever came thru the so called smartphones-they do on occasion break in with Amber Alerts, but nada today from the test.
     
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  10. JRViejo

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    I did get the WEA at the same time, yet my phone is still alive. :cool:
     
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  11. Trooper

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    Nothing here at work on my phone. Strange.
     
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