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
'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
FEMA just tested the U.S. national emergency alert system August 11, 2021 https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/11/fema-emergency-alert-system/
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.