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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