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Totally Tunsie

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32. Today I sent an e-mail to family and friends giving them a "heads up"

Sun Sep 16, 2018, 09:10 PM

Sep 2018

in case they hadn't heard of the test. Granted, it'll probably be all over the newscasts in the next few days, but it is possible for someone to miss the info and be startled when the alert comes in, especially those who have tuned out of the news for a while.

I'll have to remember to have my phone turned off at the time as I'll be driving in my car and the alert will come over my radio, probably scaring the c*** out of me!

You are probably already familiar with these types of cell phone alerts — they are the loud noise that go off on your phone when there is an event like a flash flood warning or an Amber Alert. The new “Presidential Alerts” will function in the same way.

Especially tell your kids so they aren't confused!

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Trump / FEMA to test his capability to reach you via phone next week via [View all] RKP5637 Sep 2018 OP

I do not trust this administration nor the GOP. Iliyah Sep 2018 #1

So should Obama have vetoed the legislation that mandated this system and test? onenote Sep 2018 #3

I don't care who started it. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #4

*** Cha Sep 2018 #15

LOL! sheshe2 Sep 2018 #20

We had an Executive Branch that could be trusted then. lpbk2713 Sep 2018 #6

So? This is trump we're talking about.. I know you Cha Sep 2018 #12

I do know the difference onenote Sep 2018 #19

I guess you didn't get the news.. russia helped Cha Sep 2018 #23

Yes they did. onenote Sep 2018 #24

.. Cha Sep 2018 #28

My phone will be off...nt SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #2

Abysmal idea, Trump wouldn't know an "emergency" if it bit him Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #5

Every one of his psychotic and paranoid delusions will be an emergency. TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #7

And he has no idea what an actual emergency is, having never experienced one Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #8

This will become his Twitter Redux, where he affects Americans on a far more individual scale. TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #9

I cringe to imagine what constitutes an "emergency" to Trump Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #10

Judd Apatow Tweet.. Cha Sep 2018 #11

Good one! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #13

Precisely, Rhiannon! Cha Sep 2018 #14

He was the guest when I was in the audience for Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" in 2008 Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #16

Bingo dalton99a Sep 2018 #21

This will incite even more duforsure Sep 2018 #17

Can we all reply to this with one word? RESIGN. Vinca Sep 2018 #18

K&R UTUSN Sep 2018 #22

They had better not let that SON OF A BITCH text my phone Saboburns Sep 2018 #25

and we are not able to opt out of it... samnsara Sep 2018 #26

Please tell me. Doreen Sep 2018 #27

If it gets people to hate him enough to vote against him, great. lindysalsagal Sep 2018 #29

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Sorry, but it doesn't work that way. Yonnie3 Sep 2018 #31

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Sorry, but you are misinformed, Yonnie3 Sep 2018 #34

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If you are so critical of DU GP6971 Sep 2018 #36

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Turn off the heat, cover the pan, and let sit for 4 minutes. uppityperson Sep 2018 #38

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Collecting Twilight memorabilia uppityperson Sep 2018 #41

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Uh. Huh. Sure you have. You and your support for the Dem candidate rather than 3rd party who gave us uppityperson Sep 2018 #45

Fair enough GP6971 Sep 2018 #40

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So who in your opinion, GP6971 Sep 2018 #44

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It's an odd hobby. uppityperson Sep 2018 #47

Today I sent an e-mail to family and friends giving them a "heads up" Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 #32