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Tue Oct 2, 2018, 10:56 PM

RainCaster (6,832 posts)

2:18pm Wednesday - we all get a blast from the Mango Molester

Tomorrow we will all get a special alert on our phones. We cannot disable it, and there is nothing you can do to respond. Are you ready for this? Happy about it?

I'm a geek, and I would love to find a way to have my phone automatically react to this "pResidential" notice. To send a tweet to the White House, a text to the Asslick McConnell, maybe a few other items as well.

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	Who came up with this dumbass idea?
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17 replies	Author	Time	Post
2:18pm Wednesday - we all get a blast from the Mango Molester (Original post)	RainCaster	Oct 2018	OP
I don't understand why we can't disable or block it	leftstreet	Oct 2018	#1
Take out your battery?	lame54	Oct 2018	#9
I'll be	2naSalit	Oct 2018	#2
only reason it's being done is to make Trump feel like a big shot. any emergency	Demovictory9	Oct 2018	#3
The FEMA director is a corrupt ass kisser	dalton99a	Oct 2018	#4
that's the only kind Trump appoints	Demovictory9	Oct 2018	#5
This is objectively wrong.	mythology	Oct 2018	#14
ok. Didn't know	Demovictory9	Oct 2018	#15
In response to those asking who came up with "this dumbass idea"	onenote	Oct 2018	#6
Turning my phone off from 2:15 to 2:30.	rogue emissary	Oct 2018	#7
My phone will be in airplane mode.	sinkingfeeling	Oct 2018	#8
"This is an important message from Donut J. Rump"	Buns_of_Fire	Oct 2018	#10
Started under Obama administration	Raine	Oct 2018	#11
I was the E-9-1-1 engineer	HAB911	Oct 2018	#12
Even one use by DFT would be excessive	RainCaster	Oct 2018	#13
Interesting avatar! Interesting article here	HAB911	Oct 2018	#16
I didn't get it.	cwydro	Oct 2018	#17

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Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:04 PM

leftstreet (32,478 posts)

1. I don't understand why we can't disable or block it

Trump should go fuck himself

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 02:23 AM

lame54 (29,114 posts)

9. Take out your battery?

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Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:19 PM

2naSalit (47,385 posts)

2. I'll be

maintaining cellphone silence during that time. I with simply turn it off for about 90 minutes.

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 12:10 AM

Demovictory9 (16,702 posts)

3. only reason it's being done is to make Trump feel like a big shot. any emergency

notice should come from FEMA or that agency that manages the emergency process for the country (can't recall the name). not from the president.

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 12:15 AM

dalton99a (58,063 posts)

4. The FEMA director is a corrupt ass kisser

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 12:16 AM

Demovictory9 (16,702 posts)

5. that's the only kind Trump appoints

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 11:29 AM

mythology (9,527 posts)

14. This is objectively wrong.

The test was originally scheduled for September but was postponed as FEMA responded to Hurricane Florence. The law behind the cellphone notification system, which was passed in 2016, requires FEMA to run a test at least every three years.

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/10/03/politics/cellphone-federal-emergency-alert-system-test/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

It was literally passed before Trump was elected. It has nothing to do with him. The hysteria and false claims around this is amazing.

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 03:11 PM

Demovictory9 (16,702 posts)

15. ok. Didn't know

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Response to RainCaster (Original post)

Wed Oct 3, 2018, 12:24 AM

onenote (35,565 posts)

6. In response to those asking who came up with "this dumbass idea"

The answer is every member of the House and Senate and President Obama. It was enacted unanimously in both houses with the president's support.

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 12:26 AM

rogue emissary (2,302 posts)

7. Turning my phone off from 2:15 to 2:30.

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 12:26 AM

sinkingfeeling (43,547 posts)

8. My phone will be in airplane mode.

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 03:16 AM

Buns_of_Fire (13,959 posts)

10. "This is an important message from Donut J. Rump"

"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine."

So I will immediately destroy my cell phone like I destroy my television once a month when the EBS (anyone remember CONELRAD?) messages appear. That'll show 'em.

Honestly, it's just a nice generic message (the text has already been shown on several newscasts) to test an important system. No difference from an AMBER alert, and it'll inconvenience people for the length of time it takes to poke "cancel" on the screen.

Although if it interrupts "Candy Crush Saga" I can see why many people might be upset.

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 03:56 AM

Raine (25,752 posts)

11. Started under Obama administration

so I guess it was their "dumbass" idea.

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 07:56 AM

HAB911 (6,359 posts)

12. I was the E-9-1-1 engineer

for my local telephone operating company for about 10 years. Generally, automated alerts are a good thing and might save your life or the life of a loved one some day.

Having said that, this does irritate me but only because Trump is the current occupant of 1600 Penn Ave

Don't let him spoil this too, UNLESS he abuses it

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Wed Oct 3, 2018, 10:51 AM

RainCaster (6,832 posts)

13. Even one use by DFT would be excessive

'NO COLLUSION'

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Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:59 AM

HAB911 (6,359 posts)

16. Interesting avatar! Interesting article here

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-can-t-use-fema-s-wireless-alerts-send-personal-n910676

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Thu Oct 4, 2018, 11:02 AM

cwydro (41,498 posts)

17. I didn't get it.

None of my friends did either.

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