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2 minutes early? Americans react to emergency alert test with tweets, jokes, fake warnings

Since #emergencytestalert and #NationalAlert have been trending, some companies joined in on the buzz topic After the 2:18 p.m. Oct. 4, 2023, nationwide emergency test alert, other apps joined in on ...
Chronicle

DukeALERT Emergency Test on March 19 to Focus on Tornado Safety

Update: March 3, 2025: The DukeALERT test has been moved to March 19 due to the potential of severe weather on the original test date of March 5. Original post: Because tornadoes are more common ...
Homeland Security Today

Nationwide Emergency Alert Test Postponed Because of Hurricane Florence

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), postponed the nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) until Oct. 3 due to ...
Denton Record-Chronicle

Denton County residents will get test emergency alert messages in statewide drill on April 2

Denton County officials plan to test emergency alerts on April 2 as part of a statewide Emergency Alert System drill. Denton County and some of its municipalities will trigger tests for outdoor ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Mistake by emergency worker sends errant test messages to cellphones across Alaska

A mistake by a state emergency operations center worker inadvertently sent emergency alert test messages to cellphones across Alaska on Wednesday afternoon. Mark ...