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For anyone in #USA who's hiding a phone from other people in their home - it will ring even on mute on the 4th of October - turn it off FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test for Oct. 4, (www.fema.gov)
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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.

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

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[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Beginning at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET, cell towers will broadcast the test for approximately 30 minutes. During this time, WEA-compatible wireless 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.

For consumers, the message that appears on their phones will read: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”

Phones with the main menu set to Spanish will display: “ESTA ES UNA PRUEBA del Sistema Nacional de Alerta de Emergencia. No se necesita acción.”