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FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this fall.

Test Messages Will be Sent to All TVs, Radios and Cell Phones

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

must be nice living in a world where there is no domestic violence, and women hide cell phones from their abusive husband, wife, or significant other, which may be uncovered should they start beeping and are found during this FEMA test

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not everyone is ready to tell their families they're secretly running a meth empire.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here I thought they meant women in domestic abuse situations who are still trying to get out. Like discussed here.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Of course that's what was meant

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I assumed they meant kids hiding stuff from their parents but yours makes more sense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Good on ya for putting out a reminder. Thanks.