Don’t panic — this is only a test. Hopefully, officials do it right this time.
Everyone should get a cellphone alert, including New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, pictured here in this file photo from an All-Star Workout Day. If you hear a screeching alert go off on your cellphone – and everyone else’s cellphone – this Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 11:20 a.m. or soon after, don’t panic.
The purpose is to ensure that the systems continue to be effective means of warning the public about emergencies, particularly those on the national level, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is conducting the test in coordination with the Federal Communication Commission, said in aBeginning at approximately 11:20 a.m., all wireless phones should receive an alert and an accompanying text message that reads, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System.
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