Get ready, it's coming. On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET/11:20 a.m. PT, your cellphone, radio or TV will blare a jarring electronic noise that signals a test of the nationwide Emergency Alert ...

Things could get loud around 2:20 p.m. ET on Oct. 4 as FEMA tests Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on phones, TVs, and radio. Our team tests, rates, and reviews ...

CLAIM: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate nanoparticles such as graphene oxide that have been introduced into people’s ...

FEMA is conducting a national test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time. These tests are routine and required by law. The tests pose no danger ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A nationwide emergency alert will be sent out Wednesday afternoon. Cell phones, TVs and radios will all sound the alarm, but it’s only a test. “The 2023 nationwide emergency ...

A nationwide test of emergency alert systems is scheduled for early October. Although it is only a routine test of systems designed to inform the public about incoming threats, the alerts can still be ...

In early September 2023, readers asked Snopes for confirmation of reports they had seen online claiming that a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) ...

(Tribune News Service) — Get ready for an alert on your cellphones, televisions and radios on Oct. 4. At 2:20 p.m., the federal government will test its nationwide Emergency Alert System and Wireless ...