The Frost King Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 I was driving, so I didn't get a chance to read the alert on my phone. I was super confused and a bit concerned until it came up on the radio, which took another 5 or so minutes. Apparently this is the first nation wide test of the system. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 The first of many presidential mass booty calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconus297 Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 The fact that the president has a "message the entire country" button is absolutely horrifying, regardless of who's in office. The fact that it's a guy who is infamous for having no filter only makes it worse. Who thought this would ever be a good thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier Alexander Romanov Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 ...Honestly, it makes a lot of sense.With TVs being more and more infrequently tied into the cable networks, being able to broadcast out emergency information on a national scale is getting hindered.Being able to instead do this through a personal device that pretty much everyone has is much more advantageous.That way, in the event of an emergency on the national level, as many people as possible can be informed of, say, a launch of a nuclear warhead.Just the timing of the system going online could not be any worse. We probably wouldn't be making these jokes if this system was deployed 4 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 The first of many presidential mass booty calls.for the record, this was planned, and announced ahead of time.The fact that the president has a "message the entire country" button is absolutely horrifying, regardless of who's in office. The fact that it's a guy who is infamous for having no filter only makes it worse. Who thought this would ever be a good thing? that's not how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 for the record, this was planned, and announced ahead of time. I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Does it turn the phone on cause I went on break at work and found my phone on with the message up...And I still am unsure if I just forgot to turn it off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Probably one of the few people who DIDN'T get the alert (and my phone was on). Could be due to disabling text messages back in 2012 or my phone is legit old. https://i-cdn.phonearena.com//images/reviews/35883-image/Samsung-SGH-M620-Review-Design-01.jpg(Roughly looks like this, but yeah, not smartphone.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vla1ne Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 seriously thought my phone had caught a virus for a second, but after looking it up, yeah, it seems like it'll be a useful thing to have on hand, even if there's never a national emergency, just having it on hand as ,light prep for possible emergencies, is a pretty sensible move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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