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What did you expect to happen? The point is that this is governmental intrusion from an agency which does little to nothing for the people it was created to serve, except stonewalling those in need and creating years of bureaucratic red tape for people who are least deserving of aggravation. FEMA is worse than useless; they take the place of an agency which, if it existed, would actually aid Americans who have suffered through disaster. | |||
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Well, mine sounded like this: | |||
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My wife and I both turned off the amber alerts thing long ago. Nine times out of ten it's a custody dispute or a dispute between a "baby daddy" and a female that had the bad sense to help him spawn. I literally could not care less. Your Government At Work. Anyway: Thought the test alert was supposed to happen at 14:20 ET? Mine fired-off at 14:18. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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I guess I should dive under my desk. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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Early reports from Colorado advise this was heard by lead elements of the youth paramilitary forces "Wolverines": | |||
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Couldn't hear the phone in the bedroom; I was in living room and some guys were outside cutting a tree down and running it through the woodchipper. Text received though. | |||
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Mine did to | |||
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They already control every aspect of our lives, does anyone think they’re going to leave our phones alone? Remember when terrorists attacked the US with hijacked planes? Never heard jack from the Emergency Alert System about that. -------- After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box. | |||
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There was a loud beep over the building PA, a foreigner had his phone out and he was leaving the building. I told him it was only a test. In an actual nation wide emergency is it wise to notify and panic the entire population? ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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Mine came in early at 14:18. Better early than never, I guess! End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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That son of a bitch went off anyway.  Fuck apple. When western civilization collapses upon the weight of its own bullshit and the nukes take to the sky would prefer not to be informed. Trust me I’ll figure it out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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I have my notifications turned off. I heard nothing. Everyone around had the alert. Few second difference all around. “That’s what.” - She | |||
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I was opening a box from FedEx when my phone went off with that alert.....scared the shit out of me. I thought I was a goner!!! Took a bit to figure out where the alert noise came from. | |||
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The alert from my phone sounded no different than any other alert I’ve received in the past. No announcement was received either. Just the tone. A big nothing. -------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman) | |||
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So what did we learn about our government today? You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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They're good at wasting our [collective] time?  God bless America. | |||
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Official clarification:
USA Today | |||
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I also received the FJB Alert. … although, in fairness, I was already on the FJB train. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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I learned a lot about people today . So many people freaked out about an emergency alert . | |||
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My Samsung 11 allowed me to mute it to a vibration only. It came over as a text, so I blocked that #  Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed. | |||
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