emergency alert on our phones today

ToolMaker

Like the entire country, I received the emergency alert. Then you have an OK button to acknowledge you received it. After I pressed the OK button another window came up that said "loading" indicating that something was loading on my phone. Then after about 3-4 seconds the window went away. Anyone know what they were loading on our phones?

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MotoTribology 10/4/2023 12:18pm
10/4/2023 12:18pm
ToolMaker wrote:
Like the entire country, I received the emergency alert. Then you have an OK button to acknowledge you received it. After I pressed the OK button...

Like the entire country, I received the emergency alert. Then you have an OK button to acknowledge you received it. After I pressed the OK button another window came up that said "loading" indicating that something was loading on my phone. Then after about 3-4 seconds the window went away. Anyone know what they were loading on our phones?

Snake hopefully. I miss that game.

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ToolMaker 10/4/2023 12:20pm
10/4/2023 12:20pm
ToolMaker wrote:
Like the entire country, I received the emergency alert. Then you have an OK button to acknowledge you received it. After I pressed the OK button...

Like the entire country, I received the emergency alert. Then you have an OK button to acknowledge you received it. After I pressed the OK button another window came up that said "loading" indicating that something was loading on my phone. Then after about 3-4 seconds the window went away. Anyone know what they were loading on our phones?

MotoTribology wrote:

Snake hopefully. I miss that game.

Maybe a free month of Netflix?

Black Diesel Bomber 10/4/2023 12:24pm
10/4/2023 12:24pm

It makes you wonder why they are testing it....what do they know that we don't know right now that could looming?  Potential war, biological warfare, a real outbreak?

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ATKpilot99 10/4/2023 12:48pm
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I didn't get anything loading . Just hit ok and it went away .

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Gworm 10/4/2023 12:49pm
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Mine didn’t have that. It said “no action required by the public”. 

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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
It makes you wonder why they are testing it....what do they know that we don't know right now that could looming?  Potential war, biological warfare, a...

It makes you wonder why they are testing it....what do they know that we don't know right now that could looming?  Potential war, biological warfare, a real outbreak?

Because it's in the law it needs to be tested every 3 years.

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Titan1 10/4/2023 1:05pm
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I didn't have anything load after...I just cleared the alert and it went away.

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Gworm wrote:

Mine didn’t have that. It said “no action required by the public”. 

Same. It appeared just as any other alert I have received. 
Only thing slightly strange was that my wife and I were both in the same room but her phone went off several minute after mine. Same phone and provider. I took the screenshot right as hers went off.

IMG B582026454A0-1
 

ToolMaker 10/4/2023 1:31pm
10/4/2023 1:31pm

This a pic of one of our other phones (family plan) window does not go away unless you hit the OK button.20231004 132639.jpg?VersionId=blncxxC.H9.DmdZFzHsM N

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plowboy 10/4/2023 3:08pm
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We're all gonna die.  Clicking "ok" activated the self destruct feature on all our phones.  

You CAN make this shit up.Silly

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swordfish 10/4/2023 4:13pm
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Only alert I got was a child abduction in NY state after I took off on a plane from Montreal to Washington DC Sunday. I was wondering if I got the Wednesday call early😂

ToolMaker 10/4/2023 5:11pm
10/4/2023 5:11pm
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We're all gonna die.  Clicking "ok" activated the self destruct feature on all our phones.   You CAN make this shit up.

We're all gonna die.  Clicking "ok" activated the self destruct feature on all our phones.  

You CAN make this shit up.Silly

Are you suggesting I should not have asked if this happened to anyone else?

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SEEMEFIRST 10/4/2023 5:23pm
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Mine went off about 2-3 minutes earlier than they advertised. 

I suppose earlier is generally good until it isn't. 

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plowboy 10/4/2023 5:35pm
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plowboy wrote:
We're all gonna die.  Clicking "ok" activated the self destruct feature on all our phones.   You CAN make this shit up.

We're all gonna die.  Clicking "ok" activated the self destruct feature on all our phones.  

You CAN make this shit up.Silly

ToolMaker wrote:

Are you suggesting I should not have asked if this happened to anyone else?

Lol...no.  My wife said her message was in Spanish.  Mine wasn't.  Sounds like it came across different to everyone.  

I was just joshin'.Grinning

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TeamGreen 10/4/2023 5:35pm
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:

Mine went off about 2-3 minutes earlier than they advertised. 

I suppose earlier is generally good until it isn't. 

That could be 3 extra minutes to run from a Tornado! Laughing

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zehn 10/4/2023 5:47pm
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The whole "press ok thing" is definitely due to the way the phone presents certain notifications and has nothing to do with the test itself.

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Big brother is watching.

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borg wrote:

Big brother is watching.

Always 

Tech is a leash on humanity 

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ToolMaker wrote:
Like the entire country, I received the emergency alert. Then you have an OK button to acknowledge you received it. After I pressed the OK button...

Like the entire country, I received the emergency alert. Then you have an OK button to acknowledge you received it. After I pressed the OK button another window came up that said "loading" indicating that something was loading on my phone. Then after about 3-4 seconds the window went away. Anyone know what they were loading on our phones?

My policy is never hit ok. I got the same message. Tried the back button couldn't get rid of it. Turned the phone off to make it go away.

I'm probably on the troublemaker list now.

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It was a U2 song

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BRX-WRX 10/4/2023 7:04pm
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My phone had 2 messages. 1st one in Spanish, 2nd one in English. Had to hit OK twice to remove each one.

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Gmyersdork 10/4/2023 7:17pm
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I had zero messages

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jimmyfrey 10/4/2023 7:23pm
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TeamGreen wrote:

Always 

Tech is a leash on humanity 

Tech is “The Leash” on humanity. 

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Robgvx 10/4/2023 7:30pm
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I was in a phone store when it happened. The place went nuts. 

True story. 

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TAUTOG 10/4/2023 7:40pm
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Where are the 5g zombies from the Vaxxed? Ya'll heard about that right?

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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
It makes you wonder why they are testing it....what do they know that we don't know right now that could looming?  Potential war, biological warfare, a...

It makes you wonder why they are testing it....what do they know that we don't know right now that could looming?  Potential war, biological warfare, a real outbreak?

early wrote:
Because it's in the law it needs to be tested every 3 years.

Because it's in the law it needs to be tested every 3 years.

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+ Hawaii 

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TAUTOG 10/4/2023 8:31pm
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Wait till you guys hear that the same alert went on AM and FM radio at the same time!

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TAUTOG 10/4/2023 8:35pm
10/4/2023 8:35pm

It's like them testing amber alert. That goes to every phone. It's an emergency alert.

lostboy819 10/4/2023 8:48pm
10/4/2023 8:48pm
ToolMaker wrote:
This a pic of one of our other phones (family plan) window does not go away unless you hit the OK button.

This a pic of one of our other phones (family plan) window does not go away unless you hit the OK button.20231004 132639.jpg?VersionId=blncxxC.H9.DmdZFzHsM N

So hit the "Ok" button,its not that damn hard.Blush

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