Our Emergency Alert System
Last Wednesday, October 4th, you might have wondered what the noise was about that came through on your cell phone. Starting around 1:20 p.m. CST, the federal government began conducting a nationwide test of its Emergency Alert System to all cell phones, radios and televisions. The test was being conducted by FEMA — the Federal…
The Emergency Alert System
If you carry a cell phone, I’m sure you received this alert a couple of days ago. And, in case we think this was a President Trump knee-jerk decision to send out personal texts – au contraire! President Obama signed a law in 2016 that required FEMA to create a system that allowed the president…