This is just one drill!
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that the organization has scheduled a nationwide test of their Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) at approximately 2:20 pm EST on Wednesday , Oct. 4
Try not to worry.
The WEA portion of the test will be directed to all consumer cell phones, while the EAS portion will be sent to radios and televisions.
Both of these tests are standard practice and have been conducted before.
The WEA message will arrive within 30 minutes and should appear on people’s cell phones at that time, reading: “THIS IS A TEST OF THE National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is required.”
The WEA test section will send an emergency alert to all user cell phones between 2:20 and 2:50 pm david abrams
The EAS portion will last for 1 minute when radio and television broadcasters, cable systems, satellite radio and television providers and wireline video providers announce: “This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, covering the United States from 2:20 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. ET. This is just a test. No action is required by the public.”
The test message will be displayed in either English or Spanish, depending on the language preference set by the device owner.
However, if bad weather or other important events occur by chance, the test will be postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 11.
Tests are being planned to prepare for real emergencies. Wirestock
Tests are being planned to guarantee that the national emergency warning system works effectively in the event of a real emergency.
This is happening as extreme weather events become more frequent around the world.
In the US alone, states including Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Nevada, California and Washington have experienced severe weather events – including wildfires, record temperatures, tropical storms and Hurricane Idalia – in recent weeks.
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