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5. The test that happened today was, by design, a national test, meant to alert the entire population

Wed Oct 3, 2018, 05:49 PM

Oct 2018

about something dire. There are ways to target people in certain affected areas. This was not a test of that system.

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The Atlantic: Trump is Not Texting You [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 OP

Yep manor321 Oct 2018 #1

Then do they have a way to target people just in a certain affected area? Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2018 #2

"Then do they have a way to target people just in a certain affected area?" BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #13

Oh, FFS matt819 Oct 2018 #7

I was as well matt819 Oct 2018 #11

Utter nonsense mythology Oct 2018 #10

If they did then matt819 Oct 2018 #12

My complaint is the word "Presidential" in the alert leftstreet Oct 2018 #8

THIS IS WHY SOME ARE NOT TRUSTING ANY PART OF THIS Bfd Oct 2018 #3

Yes Yes. DownFromTheMountain Oct 2018 #4

In some sort of national emergency I'm doomed. hunter Oct 2018 #6

This is when you need that Presidential alert BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #14

Presidential Alert: Sharknado! hunter Oct 2018 #17

Plus the teeth make a cool necklace! BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #18

For sure! hunter Oct 2018 #19

I think they have quite a few rows of them so should be plenty. BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #20