The EAS test will apply to radios and televisions while the WEA test will affect cellphones. ET, your cellphone’s alarm will likely go off with an accompanying text message that will read, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. ET on Wednesday will also display an emergency test alert that will read: “This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, covering the United States from 14:20 to 14:50 hours ET. As a matter of fact, Wednesday’s EAS test will be the seventh ever since the first one that was conducted back in 2011. Back in 1951, the emergency broadcast system would send an alert via radio to warn Americans about a potential Soviet-related nuclear explosion.

Source: Huffington Post October 03, 2023 23:38 UTC