Why Your Phone Will Sound an Alarm on Wednesday
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Why Your Phone Will Sound an Alarm on Wednesday
On October 4th at 2:20 p.m.
ET, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA).
EAS impacts radios and TVs, while WEA affects cell phones.