Originally posted by SFCUSARET: Well.......That was anticlimatic
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.
October 04, 2023, 02:26 PM
Scuba Steve Sig
Well, mine sounded like this:
October 04, 2023, 02:28 PM
ensigmatic
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Originally posted by nhtagmember: had all my alerts turned off - don't give a flying fuck about amber alerts and all that horseshit
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.
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Originally posted by nhtagmember: so why do I not have control over a device that I've paid for
Your Government At Work.
Anyway: Thought the test alert was supposed to happen at 14:20 ET? Mine fired-off at 14:18.
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October 04, 2023, 02:36 PM
229DAK
I guess I should dive under my desk.
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October 04, 2023, 02:41 PM
Scuba Steve Sig
Early reports from Colorado advise this was heard by lead elements of the youth paramilitary forces "Wolverines":
October 04, 2023, 02:41 PM
rat2306
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.
October 04, 2023, 02:45 PM
Blue Dog
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Originally posted by konata88: WTF - I disabled all the notifications and it still came through. And fucking loud.
For fuck's sake.
Mine did to
October 04, 2023, 02:48 PM
KMitch200
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.
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October 04, 2023, 02:49 PM
braillediver
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.
October 04, 2023, 03:27 PM
YooperSigs
Mine came in early at 14:18. Better early than never, I guess!
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October 04, 2023, 03:31 PM
stickman428
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.
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October 04, 2023, 03:32 PM
jed7s9b
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Originally posted by Blue Dog:
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Originally posted by konata88: WTF - I disabled all the notifications and it still came through. And fucking loud.
For fuck's sake.
Mine did to
I have my notifications turned off. I heard nothing. Everyone around had the alert. Few second difference all around.
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October 04, 2023, 04:04 PM
GT-40DOC
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.
October 04, 2023, 04:19 PM
shovelhead
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)
October 04, 2023, 04:41 PM
darthfuster
So what did we learn about our government today?
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier
October 04, 2023, 04:57 PM
vthoky
They're good at wasting our [collective] time?
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around. — — — — — — — — — — — — God bless America.
October 04, 2023, 04:58 PM
kkina
Official clarification:
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There were actually two parts to the national test, one that went out to cell phones and one that went out to radio and television systems.
The cell phone test went out at 2:18 pm EDT, which was what the Federal Communications Commission had long planned. FCC issued a memo dated Aug. 3 noting that the test would occur at 2:18 p.m. EDT, which was within the timing given by FEMA.
The television and radio test went out at 2:20 p.m. EDT, said Antwane Johnson, acting deputy assistant administrator for FEMA’s National Continuity Programs Directorate.
The two-minute wait between the two had always been planned, he said, but the slight lack of clarity was possibly "a miscommunication," he said.
Originally posted by darthfuster: My government notifications were turned off and I got it anyway
I also received the FJB Alert. … although, in fairness, I was already on the FJB train.
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October 04, 2023, 05:26 PM
selogic
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Originally posted by darthfuster: So what did we learn about our government today?
I learned a lot about people today . So many people freaked out about an emergency alert .
October 04, 2023, 05:38 PM
Shaql
My Samsung 11 allowed me to mute it to a vibration only. It came over as a text, so I blocked that #
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