National Presidential Alert?

[Silver]

Don't be bothering my phone with that nonsense.  

[FatAndFaithless]

Eh, it's a test of the national alert system. Glad it works.

[Aliza]

Don't be bothering my phone with that nonsense.  

Well, an emergency test is a good idea. We should know that our alert system is operating as we expect it to.

I do feel a little concerned that the WH may feel that we need to test this system because they fear that we might actually need it in the near future.

[Silver]

Aren't they required to test it every few years?

[LastPoet]

Am I having a deja vu about this topic?

Either way, given the current administration of the US.... it makes sense.

[Angrboda]

My cell phone is only used in emergencies and the rare occasion where I need to carry a phone. The alert passed me by blissfully unaware.

[CapnAwesome]

Aren't they required to test it every few years?

Yes, but traditionally it's only been through radio and television. Now they did their first test through people's phones, which makes far more sense.

It's funny that people are so partisan that they are pissed at the emergency broadcast system.

[Pat Mustard]

Don't be bothering my phone with that nonsense.  

Alert! Alert! Your president is a pussy grabbing moron with a microscopic dick. End of Alert! End of Alert!

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Aren't they required to test it every few years?

Yes, but traditionally it's only been through radio and television. Now they did their first test through people's phones, which makes far more sense.

It's funny that people are so partisan that they are pissed at the emergency broadcast system.

And here was I thinking it were your crowd were against the government doing shit (mainly for fear of showing up private industry as tax evading incompetents).

[no one]

I thought this alert went out in January of 2017?

[Losty]

I don’t mind the test, I just hope Trump doesn’t start texting out his tweets now that he knows it works.