WOW so I was walking through CVS getting some last minute stuff in preparation for the hurricane hitting NYC and a loud buzzing came out of my phone and I looked at it and it was an EMERGENCY ALERT from NYC.Gov in RED coming through my phone as a text message saying MANDATORY EVACUATION Zone A, Rockaways, Hamilton Beach, etc! I've never had an alert like this come through my phone and I was the only one in the store with this on their cell phone. I read the phone came with this feature so I'm glad to see that it works!:captain:
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Woah just got an EMERGENCY ALERT through my phone!
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I got hit with one around 2-3 am a while back. Freaked me out, had no idea what was going on or where the noise was coming from as I was sound asleep when it happened. Turns out it was the emergency broadcast telling me a flash flood warning (there's never been a flash flood in my area. ever.) Read it, got pissed at it for waking me up, then went back to sleep.
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You can turn it off except for presidential emergencies.
Mine only went off for flash flood warnings, even though we had a tornado warning and multiple severe thunderstorm warning. I would think it would go off for those too.
I know in my area they just started doing it this summer so maybe it's still rolling out.
Mine only went off for flash flood warnings, even though we had a tornado warning and multiple severe thunderstorm warning. I would think it would go off for those too.
I know in my area they just started doing it this summer so maybe it's still rolling out.
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it was raining in los angeles last week and I got 5 flash flood warning messages every hour. racked up 300 of those warning texts in 3 days... ridiculous.
turning it off didnt help they just kept coming.
turning it off didnt help they just kept coming.
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