…And why you shouldn't try to turn it off.
DENVER — Be prepared for the ear-numbing blast on Wednesday at 12:20 p.m., as national emergency leaders sendto every cell phone in the United States to test the country’s system.
WEA is part of a suite of emergency alerting tools called the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System , established by federal law to allow the president to send messages to the American public in an emergency.No, the Oct. 4 emergency alert test won’t damage devicesBy law, FEMA is required to do a national test of the system no less than once every three years. The last national test was in 2021, though it was only sent to phones where the user opted in to receive test messages.
Another note about opting out of emergency alerts: if you turn local alerts off, you won’t receive important lifesaving messages during disasters like evacuation notices or warnings about an incoming tornado. This reporter would never turn his alerts off and recommends you don’t either, unless you’re in a situation where an emergency alert could put your safety in jeopardy.
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