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I was aware of the emergency phone alert today at 3 PM, but nearly jumped out of my skin when my phone sounded off!

#phonealert

So. That phone alert that supposed to happen on Sunday at 3 across the whole of the uk...we just had two here already in the last hour 😳

Edit. Apparently it was a local operator test scheduled for today (without any warning) prior to the national test on Sunday. Ffs)

#phoneAlert #uk

So. That phone alert that supposed to happen on Sunday at 3 across the whole of the uk...we just had two here already in the last hour 😳

Edit. Apparently it was a local operator test scheduled for today (without any warning) prior to the national test on Sunday. Ffs)

#phoneAlert #uk

Late Friday morning, phones across Houston will blare a public safety alert as part of a test by local emergency officials.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/09/04/530076/emergency-alert-test-in-houston-scheduled-for-friday-morning/

#CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #PublicSafety #CellPhones #EmergencyAlerts #OfficeOfEmergencyManagement #PhoneAlert

Late Friday morning, phones across Houston will blare a public safety alert as part of a test by local emergency officials.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/09/04/530076/emergency-alert-test-in-houston-scheduled-for-friday-morning/

#CityOfHouston #Houston #Local #News #PublicSafety #CellPhones #EmergencyAlerts #OfficeOfEmergencyManagement #PhoneAlert

In a state where extreme weather is a constant threat, the shrill tone of an emergency alert is supposed to cut through the noise. But for many Texans, those urgent warnings compete with countless other pings and buzzes from their phones.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/07/15/526473/when-every-phone-alert-sounds-the-same-texans-may-miss-the-one-that-matters/

#Flooding #News #PublicSafety #Texas #Weather #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #NationalWeatherService #PhoneAlert #TexasHillCountry #WeatherAlerts

In a state where extreme weather is a constant threat, the shrill tone of an emergency alert is supposed to cut through the noise. But for many Texans, those urgent warnings compete with countless other pings and buzzes from their phones.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/07/15/526473/when-every-phone-alert-sounds-the-same-texans-may-miss-the-one-that-matters/

#Flooding #News #PublicSafety #Texas #Weather #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #NationalWeatherService #PhoneAlert #TexasHillCountry #WeatherAlerts