“Get ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an emergency alert.”

  • @ricdeh
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    -161 year ago

    Hmm, interesting that this is going to be a worldwide event that is going to affect every Lemmy user no matter from which country they are…

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      … you dropped this /s right?

      Edit: y’all, the article makes zero mention of this test outside the US

      • @lath
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        -51 year ago

        Not sure. I’m somewhere lost in Eastern Europe and i’ve been hearing about this supposed test all day.

        • @[email protected]
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          81 year ago

          No shit? Per the article posted, it’s supposed to be a US national test, hadn’t heard about it in other countries.

        • @Cryophilia
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          71 year ago

          Maybe that’s because you’ve been reading articles from a newspaper called “USA Today”