Your phone will initiate a national emergency alert test on October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET.

THE federal government will to drive A at national scale alert test on Wednesday, October 4. THE Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) And THE Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will send notice has cell Telephone(s) (as GOOD as radios And televisions) has test THE National Wireless Emergency Alert System And ensure THE system (including THE public familiarity with he) East ready For A real crisis.

THE cellphone portion of THE test will assess Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) at national scale. If You live close A decent size Metro area, There is A solid chance you have received AMBER alerts through This system Before; he can Also broadcast signals For imminent threats, public security And presidential notice In A national emergency. THE the tests WEA portion will to use FEMA Integrated Public Alert And Warning System (IPAWS), A centralized Internet-based system that can broadcast emergency notice through miscellaneous communications networks.

If your cell phone East together has English, you go receive A message has around 2:20 p.m. AND while reading, "THIS EAST A TEST of THE National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action East necessary." Those with Telephone(s) together has Spanish as their primary language will see, “ESTA ES ANU PRUEBA of the System National of Alert of Emergence. No se need action.”

Of course, THE posts will be accompanied by A "unique Your And vibration." Base on pass tests We have received, that could easily be describe as "A discordant And odious alarm that will immediately TO DO You stop What You are TO DO, say select obscenities And take up your phone has TO DO he stop. »

Using THE Emergency Alert System (EAS), THE television And radio portion of THE assessment East program has arrive simultaneously. This will be THE seventh at national scale EAS test.

THE cell phone part of THE test East program has last For about 30 minutes, but You should be able has dismiss THE notification And close up your phone as Soon as You see And hear he. And In THE (extremely unlikely) event of A real emergency on Wednesday, THE test will take place A week later on THE backup date of October 11.