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Public Service: FEMA, FCC Will Send Out an EAS Test in October

So heads up: there is a scheduled nationwide test for the US’ Emergency Alert System. This is simply a test and is not meant to cause panic.  As noted by The Mobile Report, this will be the seventh nationwide test of the EAS. The FEMA and FCC plan to conduct the test on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 2:20 PM Eastern Time.  During the test, every phone and TV across the country can expect to receive … [read full article]

T-Mobile Jumps The Gun On Emergency System Test, Scares Some People

If you’re a T-Mobile customer and you received a very strange alert message this morning, you have nothing to worry about. Zombies are not attacking us…yet. Lance Ulanoff, Mashable Editor was one of the lucky T-Mobile customers who received the “weird siren-like sound” and displayed the mysterious notification you see in the above image. Apparently, T-Mobile accidentally tested the Presidential Emergency Alert system a week early when a nationwide test is currently scheduled. The system itself is … [read full article]