FEMA to conduct test Wednesday afternoon of national alert system
Bethany Bruner
The Columbus Dispatch
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct a test Wednesday afternoon of its national alert system.
The test will occur at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday and will involve an interruption of TV and radio broadcasts for the test. The radio and TV alert will be about one minute long and will indicate that the message is a test of the nation's emergency broadcast system.
In addition, text alerts will be sent to phones. Even phones that are on silent could make audible sound or vibrate.
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