Nationwide Emergency Alert Test Planned For October 4 - Radio, TV and Cell Phones

[Mikey Radio]

This is similar to the Forbes article posted above, but it was updated today to include a bit more detail.

'I am not a zombie': FEMA debunking conspiracy theories after emergency alert test​

'I am not a zombie': FEMA debunking conspiracy theories after emergency alert test

Wednesday's emergency alert test is a way for FEMA to make sure the national system is still an effective way to warn Americans about emergencies.

www.usatoday.com

 

[MVB13]

I got the alert at 1:18 on my phone, too

I'm a teacher and all my students had their phones with them in their bags and they all went off lol. My phone and watch were off.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I thought the previous thing like this was the presidential alert of 2018.

I missed this year's, but I was in the library for that one and I remember a bunch of phones going off. I was at the beach because Florence delayed my trip.

 

[SarahB98]

I recorded it off of the exact same station I recorded 5 years ago

 

[vchimpanzee]

This morning on NPR I heard an Amish man was already being chastised by his elders for some other sin when his cell phone went off. It seems some Amish have sneaked cell phones into their community.

 

[anotherguyTN]

This morning on NPR I heard an Amish man was already being chastised by his elders for some other sin when his cell phone went off. It seems some Amish have sneaked cell phones into their community.

Or was this another joke from Wait Wait???

 

[gr8oldies]

Or was this another joke from Wait Wait???

i do remember a WLW promo some time ago which ended with "unless you're Amish". (I don't remember the context). An Amish man called the talk show to complain, and explained the radio could be on in his presence as long as he didn't turn it on, and he could use the phone as long as he didn't dial it

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Or was this another joke from Wait Wait???

Uh no.. where have you been? not a joke.

You musnt understand anything about amish.

some stricter amish cant have phones... at all

 

[Weiserguy]

Or was this another joke from Wait Wait???

Yes and yes. I heard Wait Wait less than an hour ago. That was one of the choices in their "Guess which panelist is telling the truth" segment. Turns out it was the true story, and they played a short actuality to prove it happened. He had a cell phone in his pocket, verboten in their culture, and he got busted when the coordinated EAS test went off while he was being dressed down for some other offense.

 

[Mikey Radio]

It was indeed on Wait, Wait! Here is a link to the actual story:

Amish men carrying forbidden cell phones outed by national emergency alert test

The Amish are notable for their aversion to modern technology.

nypost.com

 

[anotherguyTN]

Uh no.. where have you been? not a joke.

You musnt understand anything about amish.

some stricter amish cant have phones... at all

I'm very interested in the Amish and I know some are more strict than others. As it turned out it was true, but it still turned up on Wait Wait, so a lot of people including me thought it might have been a joke.

 

[radiofan2023]

He had a cell phone in his pocket

He told his wife he was just happy to see her!

 

[Kelly A]

He told his wife he was just happy to see her!

Except she knew otherwise. He had a Cricket flip phone.

 

[JackindaBox]

I turned off my phone for this a month ago.

 

[xmtrland]

Well, you can turn it back on now.

 

[JackindaBox]

Well, you can turn it back on now.

I already did.