FEMA test messages might hit your cellphone
A buzz on your cellphone Wednesday will be beyond friends checking your whereabouts.
FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts, according to the agency’s website.
The test messages, scheduled between 11:20 and 11:50 a.m., will be sent to TVs and radios, along with select cell phones that have opted-in to receive test messages.
This will be the second nationwide WEA test, but the first nationwide WEA test on a consumer opt-in basis. It will be the sixth nationwide EAS test.
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