Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/emergency-alert-test-heads-up-for-todays-warning-message-on-your-phone/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 I turned all "official" notifications off, I hope that this one is included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 42 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: I turned all "official" notifications off, I hope that this one is included. Mine are off. All of them! The first time I had one of these my wife and I were in a restaurant. The whole place erupted in alarms from people’s phones. It was a test. Scared the crap out of a lot of people. The next time I was in a department store. It was an amber alert. I really didn’t have a problem with that except the noise. I disabled the audible alarms. The last one was in California. I was on the freeway in heavy traffic on my bike and my Bluetooth was on and the volume on my helmet speakers was unfortunately on the loudest setting. That alarm went off and I darn near rear ended the car in front of me as they slammed on their brakes, probably because of the alarm. Man, was it loud The damn thing kept going off so I pulled into the median and turned the system off on my phone. It’s been off ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/emergency-alert-test-heads-up-for-todays-warning-message-on-your-phone/ Thanks for posting this Rye. I wasn’t sure what time it was supposed to happen. I plan to be watching Amazon Prime - Star Trek Enterprise at this time. It’ll be interesting to see if this test interacts with Xfinity, Samsung WiFi TV and Amazon Prime. I was going to take a motorcycle ride but my back says “No!” so TV it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Actually, I am going to turn my phone on for this. I would hate for this test to be done again because of not enough participation. You can bet a lot of tax dollars are going into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 19 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Actually, I am going to turn my phone on for this. I would hate for this test to be done again because of not enough participation. You can bet a lot of tax dollars are going into this. I’m leaving my phone on just out of curiosity. They said this is the second one, I must have missed the first one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: Mine are off. All of them! The first time I had one of these my wife and I were in a restaurant. The whole place erupted in alarms from people’s phones. It was a test. Scared the crap out of a lot of people. The next time I was in a department store. It was an amber alert. I really didn’t have a problem with that except the noise. I disabled the audible alarms. The last one was in California. I was on the freeway in heavy traffic on my bike and my Bluetooth was on and the volume on my helmet speakers was unfortunately on the loudest setting. That alarm went off and I darn near rear ended the car in front of me as they slammed on their brakes, probably because of the alarm. Man, was it loud The damn thing kept going off so I pulled into the median and turned the system off on my phone. It’s been off ever since. Startling alerts/alarms they are! They started off as Amber Alerts but then graduated to idiotic Covid alerts. The final straw was an alert at around 11 PM with a "maintain safe distance while boating alert". XXX? Seriously! I turned all that stuff off. I don't care what it is now, I'll find out eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Remember the false alarm scare they got in Hawaii a few years back? Great stuff... I have to wonder how many people have no idea this is coming and how many people will panic and how many car crashes will result drom this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Don't some alerts have an override in them so that no matter what the settings are on your phone you get them? During the Tubbs and Glass Fires I had most alerts turned on. It got annoying, but was worth it to keep up on what was happening where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 I just got the test warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 That was annoying. I forgot that it was it whatever Eastern Time, so it went off an hour before I was expecting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I just got the test warning. Did you die? Rumors abound it would activate “hydrogel particles” in vaxxed people either killing them or causing irrational behavior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 19 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Don't some alerts have an override in them so that no matter what the settings are on your phone you get them? During the Tubbs and Glass Fires I had most alerts turned on. It got annoying, but was worth it to keep up on what was happening where. Evidently so, just got the "Presidential Alert"...what a bunch of crap. I guess they feel they can take over anything they like regardless of ownership or settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Mine just came in. Stereo since I have two phones, and one is on each side of the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Well, I got the alert as I did turn them on. Now I wish I wouldn’t have to see if I got it anyway like @Cypress Sun Interesting thing though, my internet was not affected and the alert didn’t come through Xfinity WiFi, Samsung TV or Amazon Prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Did anyone notice that it said "Presidential Alert". What is the deal with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: Actually, I am going to turn my phone on for this. I would hate for this test to be done again because of not enough participation. You can bet a lot of tax dollars are going into this. 30 minutes Sir is suppose the be the over time to turn on again , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 I was in TSA PreCheck at Reagan National when it beeped. More than a few eyebrows raised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: Did anyone notice that it said "Presidential Alert". What is the deal with that? I noticed that as it buzzed it had a written message in English. I read the message and then I pushed okay. It shut up. About 2 seconds later it started screaming again, and now I had what I suppose was the same message in Spanish. Again I pressed okay and it shut up again. Did everyone get two messages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Alpo said: Did everyone get two messages? Just one in English. The alert: And here’s the message if you click on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Interesting. Like Cypress Sun, I got one that said presidential alert. My must have been better than yours because it was a presidential alert while yours was just a national alert. Neener neener neener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 36 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Did you die? Yes I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 49 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I just got the test warning. 43 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Rumors abound it would activate “hydrogel particles” in vaxxed people either killing them or causing irrational behavior. Subdeacon Joe's behavior has been irrational for a while now. (Sorry Joe, that was just too easy.) I had my notifications turned off and they stayed that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Yes I did. Bottles , round for the house on Subdeacon in his memory after all if he's dead he cant argue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: Subdeacon Joe's behavior has been irrational for a while now. (Sorry Joe, that was just too easy.) I was going to go there myself! "Been irrational for years! I want to dress like a Confederate Artillery First Sergeant and play with cannons!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Just one for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I was going to go there myself! "Been irrational for years! I want to dress like a Confederate Artillery First Sergeant and play with cannons!" What's irrational about playing with cannons? Some of the most fun I ever had in The Marine Corps was on the 81mm mortar range. You have no idea what a thrill it is to drop an HE round INTO an old amtrak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 That was cool! Glad it worked, I was in my car and the phone warning was first then about 3 minutes later it came on the radio. It said it was from FEMA and the FCC. It didn’t say anything about presidential alert. I wonder if different cell phone carriers had different messages?That seems odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 It’s all practice for alerting us to the arrival of our alien overlords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Absolutely nothing came over my or Ellie's phone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 6 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: Did anyone notice that it said "Presidential Alert". What is the deal with that? Just those that voted for him no big deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 1 minute ago, PowderRiverCowboy said: Just those that voted for him no big deal If that's the case, they sure as hell got the wrong number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 My phone won't allow me to turn off National Alerts. I shut off all the others though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 If you look at the last line of the second image I posted above it mentions the alerts can be sent by several agencies including the President of the United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 i got the notice - my phone was in the bedroom and i was in the garage so i dont know if it made noise or not , the local sirens went off at noon as is usual and the dog howled as is usual nothin new here , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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