FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test for Oct. 4, 2023. Messages Will be Sent to All TVs, Radios and Cell Phones::FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this fall.

    • @[email protected]
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      1210 months ago

      I look forward to the Qultist’s excuses when everyone who got the vaccine is still alive on Oct 5th (as I expect they’re going to spend the next 28 days saying how 5g is going to activate the vaccines and kill all the sheeples who got the shot.)

      • Billiam
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        210 months ago

        It’s fun listening to the Knowledge Fight guys remember Alex Jones said everyone who got vaccinated would be dead within two years. And then having to make up some bullshit about a fake saline shot instead to explain why those mass deaths didn’t happen.

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      10 months ago

      Government: Emergency organization make rare, once-in-a-decade test of emergency alert system

      Conspiracy Theorists: Panik

    • @[email protected]
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      310 months ago

      One might remember when FEMA’s morgue in Austin TX held a deceased person under the false pretense they had died in a bombing, in reality they were growing an alien creature within them.

  • @9488fcea02a9
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    1110 months ago

    Messages Will be Sent to All TVs, Radios and Cell Phones

    Will it also be sent directly into the 5G chips in my brain? I got vaccinated

  • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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    310 months ago

    Unpopular take: I disabled emergency alerts on my device.

    If I was in Japan or some other country where natural disasters are expected, there is a clear benefit to a mobile EAS.

    But why exactly are governments starting to show an interest in EAS systems, in places where they seem to not be necessary or needed?

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      3610 months ago

      Well, one reason is that they’ve been utilized for Amber Alerts. Granted a lot of cities/states haven’t been able to figure out how to practically scope the announcements, but they are helpful.

      Another is the ever-changing climate. My region (Southern New England) rarely ever gets tornados. We had three a few weeks ago. One was in my hometown, and another was a couple of blocks from my bosses house. So while you may not be “prone” to natural disasters, that is likely to change.

      That said, if there ever were a reason to activate a National EAS, we would probably feel a lot better not being warned. That situation would likely be for confirmed launch of several nuclear munitions, or an eminent meteor strike, or something else cataclysmic that a few minutes warning would really do nothing except fill our last moments with fear.

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        710 months ago

        That said, if there ever were a reason to activate a National EAS, we would probably feel a lot better not being warned.

        Nukes coming, stay safe bro. Lol

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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        610 months ago

        That bit about being prone to natural disasters in future does make sense, considering how climate change is resulting in increased in sea levels and affecting other things too.

        Thanks for your perspective!

      • @thecrotch
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        210 months ago

        How helpful are the amber alerts really? I’m not going to call the cops every time I see a green Hyundai, and if I see a kid in distress I’m going to call them with or without the alert

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      1010 months ago

      I don’t think it’s as unpopular as you think. I’ve also disabled them due to frequency.

      Too many alerts for everything at all times. Alert fatigue is real. I hate that I’ve done it, as I may miss something important.

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      210 months ago

      While you can disable moist emergency alerts, I don’t believe you can disable the national level alerts.