FEMA To Test 'Presidential Alert' System On All U.S. Cell Phones This Thursday

Daily Mail: 'Can I block him?' Trump will TEXT nearly every cell phone in the country next week as part of FEMA's new presidential alert system

* FEMA is testing out a presidential alert system Thursday September 20
* More than 100 cell phone providers will participate in the test at 2.18pm EST
* The message will read: 'THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed'
* No one can opt-out of receiving the text if their cell phone carrier participates

Donald Trump may be texting your cell phone next week and it won't be to send a political message or bash his adversaries.

On Thursday September 20, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will test a new 'presidential alert' system which will have Trump text nearly every person in the US with a cell phone.

More than 100 major cell phone carriers will participate in the test at 2.18pm Eastern Standard Time Thursday and no one with a cell phone can opt out of receiving the text.

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WNU Editor: More than 100 mobile carriers, including all the major wireless firms, will be involved in this test.

More News On FEMA Testing A 'Presidential Alert' System On All U.S. Cell Phones This Thursday

Trump administration to send U.S. cellphones a test alert on Thursday -- Reuters
FEMA to test 'Presidential Alert' system next week -- NBC
'Presidential Alert': FEMA to test emergency alert system next week -- CNN
FEMA will test a ‘Presidential Alert’ text message next week that cell phone users won’t be able to opt out of -- The Verge
You'll Probably Receive a Text From Donald Trump on Sept. 20. Here's Why -- Fortune

US Government Updates Its Nuclear Disaster Plans

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“We are looking at 100 kiloton to 1,000 kiloton detonations,” a FEMA official said.

Buzz Feed: The US Government Is Updating Its Nuclear Disaster Plans And They Are Truly Terrifying

Amid concerns over North Korea, federal emergency managers are updating disaster plans to account for large nuclear detonations over the 60 largest US cities, according to a US Federal Emergency Management Agency official.

The shift away from planning for small nuclear devices that could be deployed by terrorists toward thermonuclear blasts arranged by “state actors” was discussed on Thursday at a two-day National Academies of Sciences workshop for public health and emergency response officials held at its headquarters across the street from the US State Department.

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WNU Editor: If FEMA is updating disaster plans to account for large nuclear detonations over the 60 largest US cities .... that tells me that they are preparing for all out nuclear war.

FEMA: Don't Panic This Wednesday

PSA: FCC executive James Barnett reminds viewers not to to panic when they lose television and radio service briefly on Wednesday

Don't Panic! FEMA Urges Americans Not To Worry As National Alert System Is Tested -- Daily Mail

* First-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System to occur on November 9 at 2:00pm EST
* Will last up to three-and-a-half minutes

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are spearheading an aggressive public education campaign reminding Americans not to panic when they lose television and radio service for a few minutes on Wednesday during a test of the Emergency Alert System.

Although the public alert mechanism is decades old and often tested and used at the local level, it has never before been tested on a nationwide scale.

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My Comment: I feel like panicking.