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posted by chromas on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the teste dept.

IPAWS National Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (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) on September 20, 2018. The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 p.m. EDT, and the EAS portion follows at 2:20 p.m. EDT. The test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of a national message and determine whether improvements are needed. The WEA test message will be sent to cell phones that are connected to wireless providers participating in WEA. This is the fourth EAS nationwide test and the first national WEA test. Previous EAS national tests were conducted in November 2011, September 2016, and September 2017 in collaboration with the FCC, broadcasters, and emergency management officials in recognition of FEMA's National Preparedness Month.

[...] Cell towers will broadcast the WEA test for approximately 30 minutes beginning at 2:18 p.m. EDT. During this time, WEA compatible cell phones that are switched on, within range of an active cell tower, and whose wireless provider participates in WEA should be capable of receiving the test message. Some cell phones will not receive the test message, and cell phones should only receive the message once. The WEA test message will have a header that reads "Presidential Alert" and text that says:

"THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed."

The WEA system is used to warn the public about dangerous weather, missing children, and other critical situations through alerts on cell phones. The national test will use the same special tone and vibration as with all WEA messages (i.e. Tornado Warning, AMBER Alert). Users cannot opt out of the WEA test. If circumstances, such as a major weather event, cause the IPAWS National Test to be postponed, the back-up date is Wednesday, October 3, 2018.

Also at Engadget.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday September 16 2018, @12:14AM (3 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Sunday September 16 2018, @12:14AM (#735490) Homepage Journal

    I'll tell you, Obama spent ONE BILLION DOLLARS of Taxpayer Money on FEMA Coffins. Otherwise known as Obama Coffins. Tremendous number of coffins. Believe me, we don't need that many coffins. Obama needed a lot of coffins because he was INCOMPETENT. And he's a smart guy, he knew he was incompetent.

    Puerto Rico, they had 2 Hurricanes together. When I left the Island, AFTER the storms had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by, it went up a little. To 64. Officially it was 64, not a lot. Now they're saying 3000, that's a Fake Number, folks. Created by the Dems purely to make me look bad. And we just had Hurricane Florence, that one went to 11. We're doing an incredible job with that one. Our thoughts & prayers, as always, are with the families, with the survivors. foxnews.com/us/2018/09/15/florences-death-toll-is-now-at-least-11-soaking-rains-continue-to-fall.html [foxnews.com]

    We don't need all those coffins because we have VERY STRONG & effective leadership -- me & my Cabinet. So I told Brock of FEMA -- great guy, handsome guy -- to look into, can we sell those coffins to Ivanka? To my beautiful daughter Ivanka. A fine, and very young, lady. And China gave her the trademark on the Ivanka Trump Coffin. People don't know this, there are more dead people in China than there are people in America. And a lot of those dead Chinese are big Ivanka fans. So hopefully we can work out a deal where everybody wins. Ivanka buys the coffins, that money goes to our National Debt. So important to cut that National Debt. The coffins go to China with Ivanka's beautiful face on them. The Chinese die happy. Big happiness in China. And Ivanka makes a little money to carry on her amazing work. Everybody wins!!!

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @06:57AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @06:57AM (#735567)

    we have VERY STRONG & effective leadership -- me & my Cabinet.

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    You should do stand up comedy. That's the funniest shit I've read all day.

    • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday September 16 2018, @09:48PM (1 child)

      by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Sunday September 16 2018, @09:48PM (#735747) Homepage Journal

      Not forgetting our great @HouseGOP [twitter.com] and @SenateGOP [twitter.com] leaders, including @SpeakerRyan [twitter.com], @SenateMajLdr [twitter.com], @GOPLeader [twitter.com] Kevin McCarthy, @JohnCornyn [twitter.com] & @SteveScalise [twitter.com]. Fabulous guys, hard working guys. Who are so lucky I gave them that privilege to serve my agenda. The other choices weren't going to work out well for the Republican Party, I hate to tell you. #USA [twitter.com]

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @03:04AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @03:04AM (#735838)

        Will this replace your twitter account?