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Expect a Loud Noise from Your Cell Phone at 2:18 PM

• qubax 8y ago
  I'm not scared. Bring it on. Edit (2:18): Got the alert right on schedule. Freaky.
• parliament32 8y ago
  Note that this only applies to the US. We had a similar test in BC back in May: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/emergency-alert-system-testing-bc-1.4654903 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/emergency-al...
  • BananaShoes 8y ago
    There are other countries? Incredible!
• olliej 8y ago
  How long before it gets turned off in everyone’s phones as well. It just requires one or two bogus alerts for people to start wanting to block these things (see amber alerts for unrelated geographical areas etc)
  • moonka 8y ago
    It's unblockable as far as I know.
    • Rjevski 8y ago
      If it starts being abused manufacturers will add a toggle for it.
• Semiapies 8y ago
  I didn't get anything.
• vibrolax 8y ago
  My phone received a series of "presidential alerts" just before 5 pm as tornadoes swept into Canada's National Capital Region on 21 September. I remember thinking the alert title was a little odd for Canada, but I'm not sure how it's localized. It's a Moto G5+ US version, so maybe that text is baked in. Edit: I see that some Ontario users received "Presidential Alert" in a prior test. I'm in Québec.