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Thread: Sept 20th (now Oct 3rd) test of the Emergency Alert System

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    Sept 20th (now Oct 3rd) test of the Emergency Alert System

    WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) on September 20, 2018 (primary date) or October 3, 2018 (secondary date). The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 PM EDT and the EAS portion follows at 2:20 p.m. EDT. The test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of a national message and determine whether technological improvements are needed.

    https://www.fema.gov/news-release/20...tember-20-2018
    -All views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect those of the author's employer-

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    Thanks very much for the heads up!
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    If you have a need for it, there is a poster about it at this URL.
    Which, when I printed a copy out for my office, I discovered makes a full-size poster. But I managed to save it as a .pdf and print it on 8.5 x 11 paper.
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    Postponed until October 3rd, for obvious reasons.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drang View Post
    Postponed until October 3rd, for obvious reasons.
    I guess the reasons aren’t so obvious to me…

    Can you elaborate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GyroF-16 View Post
    I guess the reasons aren’t so obvious to me…

    Can you elaborate?
    The folks running it are dealing with Florence.
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    Verizon, perhaps?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drang View Post
    The folks running it are dealing with Florence.
    Ahhh...

    That makes sense.

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