Emergency Alert

@akalinus (44366)
United States
October 3, 2018 1:21pm CST
My phone just started buzzing and it said it was an emergency alert and I did not need to take action. Do any of you know what this is about? Did you get it? What does it mean?
9 people like this
7 responses
Courage7
@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
3 Oct 18
Yeah its supposed to hit everyones phone today. Its just a national alert. Many are so worried about it. I am not one of them. I got one, but my son did not. So that is how efficient it is lol I didnt think much about it as I already knew it was to happen.
2 people like this
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
4 Oct 18
Was your son's phone turned on? I don't know if someone would get it with the phone off.
1 person likes this
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
4 Oct 18
@Courage7 I bet if he checks his messages, he will find it there. I found it in mine.
1 person likes this
Courage7
@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
4 Oct 18
@akalinus Yes it was.
Christina Ladanger
@Ladanger (14572)
• United States
3 Oct 18
I just got it as well.
2 people like this
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
3 Oct 18
What did you think? I thought it was another amber alert. When I looked, I did not know what to think. Should I have looked for incoming missiles?
1 person likes this
Christina Ladanger
@Ladanger (14572)
• United States
3 Oct 18
@akalinus I think it was just a practice alert
1 person likes this
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
3 Oct 18
@Ladanger Yes, I believe so. I vaguely remember hearing about it but I thought it was just one of those ideas that probably would not happen.
1 person likes this
betlynfrnds
@betlynfrnds (4071)
• United States
3 Oct 18
I just got the alert myself. It caught me off guard at first but after I read the message, it made sense.
2 people like this
betlynfrnds
@betlynfrnds (4071)
• United States
3 Oct 18
@akalinus Actually you commented that you thought it was an amber alert. At first it sounded like that but the buzzing kept going for a while.
1 person likes this
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
3 Oct 18
@betlynfrnds I was just surprised because I did not know it was coming. I always look at the Amber Alerts in case the kid escapes from the car and knocks on my door asking for protection. It has never happened yet, but in today's world, you never know.
1 person likes this
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
3 Oct 18
It caught me off guard also. I was not expecting it and it was a little bit alarming for a few seconds.
1 person likes this
Hope
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
4 Oct 18
No, I didn't get it. They must have been testing the system in the US.
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
4 Oct 18
No, I think it is strictly a US thing for some sort of national emergency which I hope won't happen.
1 person likes this
Sue21
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
3 Oct 18
I have gotten two but I don´t think it was about an emergency in itself. Rather it was to do with the battery being low and keeping me enough power to make an emergency call if needed as the battery came back full power a bit later on and I had not touched anything. It was very puzzling to me at that time.
Sue21
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
5 Oct 18
@akalinus What I mean is the battery of a mobile even when its very low still has a certain amount of power. There again it could be that their own power their own transmitters do not work well also and it gives out that message. Right now I have an electric induction cooker thing that keeps going off so have to get that fixed too.
1 person likes this
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
8 Oct 18
@lovinangelsinstead21 I don't know what an induction cooker is. My phone battery is always dying.
1 person likes this
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
4 Oct 18
I have never heard of a battery regenerating itself. I think you are on to something here.
1 person likes this
Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
4 Oct 18
JJ wrote yesterday about this, it's a "test" and not a real alert.
1 person likes this
Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
4 Oct 18
@akalinus No, in Europe we did not get any alert. I think it's only a US thing.
1 person likes this
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
4 Oct 18
@LadyDuck I thought so but then wondered how you knew about it. It was not a big deal but some people are protesting and saying it is an invasion of their phones and other nonsense like that.
1 person likes this
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
4 Oct 18
Yes, I did not see JJ's post until he posted on my post. It was a test but I don't watch TV much so I did not know it was coming. Did you get the alert where you are or is it just a US thing?
1 person likes this
rakski
@rakski (156200)
• Philippines
3 Oct 18
I usually got alerts when here is an emergency.
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
3 Oct 18
I don't remember any other presidential alerts. How did you get yours?