Most citizens equate the national emergency alert system with an annoying green screen accompanied by a high-pitched screech that inevitably interrupts a favorite TV program. However, recent natural disasters have left Americans wondering why government officials are still tied to old technologies—land-...
How will the emergency alert test impact users? According to FEMA, the emergency alert will be broadcast in two parts, through the EAS on television and radio and then via WEA on cellphones. Alerts can be issued within an approximately 30-minute timeframe starting at 2:20 p.m. ET. Once...
Americans nationwide will receive an alert on their cellphones from President Trump. The test, scheduled for 2:18 p.m. ET, is the first test of a national presidential alert system that will let any president issue a warning about a crisis. That could include a...
Watch the Latest from AppleInsider TV As part of the test, the actual test message will be displayed in either English or Spanish, depending on the language settings of the device. In English, the message will state "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action...
That's because theFederal Emergency Management AgencyandFederal Communications Commissionare planning a national test of theEmergency Alert System [EAS]andWireless Emergency Alerts [WEA]. The WEA test will be directed to all consumer cell phones. The test message will display in either English or Sp...
The U.S. government's Wireless Emergency Alert system went live just last month. Carriers already offer users the ability to receive alerts to customers via text message, without the need for support from mobile operating systems. What a bunch of bullsh**. This isn't about delivering e...
9-year-old calls 911 after her mother suffers medical emergency behind the wheel, sheriff says Updated: 7 hours ago| By Andrew McMunn A 9-year-old girl in Louisiana is being praised for helping her mother during a medical emergency Friday. National Supreme Court hears arguments in case abo...
Radios and televisions received the message, but cell phones did not. In October last year, the Trump administration and FEMA issued a presidential alert to cell phones through the Wireless Emergency Alerts system. (Reporting by Bryan Pietsch; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)...
The national alert only has pop-up message and the alarm does not ring when the phone is mute. I read some posts and found the behavior started from iOS 15.4(mine is 17.3), but the national alert alarm supposed to have higher priority than muting setting according to the official document...
Emergency Alert System: Why US Is Doing First National Test NowA test of the federal Emergency Alert System is set for 2 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday. It's the first time the EAS warning system will be tested nationally.Clayton, Mark...