Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test
Geoff Mulligan
nanog08 at mulligan.org
Wed Oct 3 20:26:21 UTC 2018
Received on Android on Sprint here in Colorado
Geoff Mulligan
CTO IIoT @ Jabil
On 10/03/2018 01:23 PM, Robbie Trencheny wrote:
> I did not receive on my iPhone or Apple Watch (LTE) either. Both are
> T-Mobile and I'm in Oakland, CA.
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:21 Andy Ringsmuth <andy at andyring.com
> <mailto:andy at andyring.com>> wrote:
>
> Did anyone on AT&T or an iPhone receive the test today? I believe
> it was supposed to happen at 2:18 EDT, followed by one on
> broadcast radio at 2:20 EDT.
>
> I’m in CDT, so 1:18 and 1:20 p.m. CDT.
>
> Message was heard on my desk radio at 1:21:35 p.m. CDT but as of
> the sending of this at 1:52 p.m. CDT, nothing on phones. I have an
> office full of AT&T iPhones and not a single one of them alerted.
>
> FEMA says https://www.fema.gov/emergency-alert-test
>
> "Cell towers will broadcast the WEA test for approximately 30
> minutes beginning at 2:18 p.m. EDT. During this time, WEA
> compatible cell phones that are switched on, within range of an
> active cell tower, and whose wireless provider participates in WEA
> should be capable of receiving the test message. Some cell phones
> will not receive the test message, and cell phones should only
> receive the message once."
>
> My wife, with a Sprint iPhone, received the test.
>
>
> ----
> Andy Ringsmuth
> 5609 Harding Drive
> Lincoln, NE 68521-5831
> (402) 304-0083
> andy at andyring.com <mailto:andy at andyring.com>
>
> --
> --
> Robbie Trencheny (@robbie <http://twitter.com/robbie>)
> 925-884-3728
> robbie.io <http://robbie.io>
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