![]() Hasn’t the government messed this up before? The first-ever test of the Emergency Alert System occurred more than a decade ago, in 2011. The most-recent test run of both systems took place in 2021. It is the third nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alerts, but only the second to be sent to consumer cellular devices. Wednesday’s test is set to be the seventh-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System – the alerts that are sent through radio and television broadcasters. No action is required by the public.”Īs the agency has said, no action is required by you after you receive the emergency alert test on your phone or hear it through the radio or TV. This message, which will run for approximately one minute, will state: “This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, covering the United States from 14:20 to 14:50 hours ET. Meanwhile, all radios and televisions will also broadcast a test emergency alert at the same time as part of the broader test. During this time, all compatible wireless phones that are switched on, within range of an active cell tower, and whose wireless providers participates in WEA tests should receive the text message. The test will be broadcast by cell towers for approximately 30 minutes beginning at 2:20 pm ET, FEMA said. The text will be accompanied by a unique tone and vibration that is meant to make the alert accessible to the entire public, including people with disabilities, FEMA said. The free text message will be sent in either English or Spanish, depending on the language settings of your device. 4 test is to ensure that the systems continue to be effective means of warning the public about emergencies, particularly those on the national level,” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is conducting the test in coordination with the Federal Communication Commission, said in a statement.īeginning at approximately 2:20 pm ET this Wednesday, all wireless phones should receive an alert and an accompanying text message that reads: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. The EAS portion of the test will send an emergency alert to all radios and televisions, while the WEA portion of the test will direct alerts to all consumer cell phones. The federal government said it will conduct on Wednesday afternoon a nationwide test of its Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts. Expect a panicky email from me soon asking you HOW to analyze a poem.If you hear a screeching alert go off on your cell phone – and everyone else’s cell phone – this Wednesday at 2:20 pm ET, don’t panic. If there were poems written about them scratching their genitals and lighting farts, then I'd be a believer. And have I mentioned I'm not a big fan of the poem anyway? Men don't really believe the things poems make you think they believe. I got stuck with "She Walks in Beauty" by George Gordon and Lord Byron. E, at least you let your students pick a poet. *wink* Lori, it would be just my luck that I'd become famous for ridiculous limericks rather than my scathingly brilliant real writing! Kelly, aw thanks! I can write oodles of limericks when I'm avoiding the real homework! Mrs. Lanternlight, oh that wasn't the only version of the Nantucket limerick I wrote. Hillbilly Mom, not only do poems have feet, but they can have more than two! EEEEEEE!! They're like caterpillars! Tell that husband of yours to watch it - the DIBS (Department of Ice Baby Services) is keeping their eye on him. Back to studying about scansion and meter. "Fitty" the 55-gallon drum maniacal killer was named by her, after all.) (If you're not a regular long-time reader who knows that my mother is convinced that I'm going to end up chopped up in a 55-gallon drum, that last one will make no sense, but I'm fairly certain that Hillbilly Mom will chuckle. It makes me feel better.Īnd she smacked his dumb head with a shoe. See, this is where my mind goes during times of stress. So he took off the pail and said, "F*ck it." I've been composing them in my head all day. ![]() I am enjoying the fact that we have to write two limericks, though. Who knew there was a science to it? Well, I guess the poets knew it. Iambic pentameter? Trochaic tachometer? Odiferous odometers? Wtf? I was just under the impression that you wrote things that rhymed and called it poetry. I still have a week before I tackle that part. I'm too consumed with the poetry to worry about the drama just yet. ![]() These last three weeks of the semester are a veritable whirlwind of poetry and drama and lemme tell ya, I'm addled.
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