FEMA to conduct a Nationwide Emergency Alert Test on August 7th

There’s no need to lunge for the storm shelter when those annoying screeches belt out on televisions and radios across the country at 2:20 PM EDT on August 7. It’s just a test. FEMA plans to conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System next Wednesday afternoon to ensure that the system is able to transmit emergency information across multiple forms of media within minutes of a catastrophe of national importance. The Emergency Alert System is the successor of several previous alerting networks designed during the Cold War to allow the president to communicate with the country in the event of a catastrophe such as a nuclear strike


www.forbes.com/sites/dennismersereau/2019/07/31/fema-will-conduct-a-nationwide-emergency-alert-test-on-august-7/#624bf88c4453