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Laura PourMeADrink

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41. Very low Hispanic pop.. ln GV. ...like 7.5 %

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #37)

Thu Oct 5, 2023, 11:08 PM

Oct 2023

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Trying to prove MAGAT wrong on FEMA alert today. [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 OP

"who all got their phones near Houston" Effete Snob Oct 2023 #1

Three inlaws. Probably local Verizon store? Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #7

Maybe somebody at FEMA is plunking the MAGAS! MLAA Oct 2023 #2

Lol. That'd be cool. Only one of three sisters ( our nieces) Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #8

I got one in English first, then a second one in Spanish. I thought that was interesting. n/t ms liberty Oct 2023 #3

Very interesting. When you get a second, can you look Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #4

Mine was weirder. mwooldri Oct 2023 #9

Exactly. Big picture saves lives. Do you live near Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #15

Greensboro NC? mwooldri Oct 2023 #37

Trying to figure out how they came up with Spanish Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #38

Very low Hispanic pop.. ln GV. ...like 7.5 % Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #41

Both Brentos Oct 2023 #5

Wow... now that's interesting. Sounds like FEMA did go Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #10

No point in arguing with a MAGA. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #6

Oh I agree - on policies for sure. But this phone thing is like Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #11

That was what I suspected was done. llmart Oct 2023 #34

I spent several weeks around medical people who had English as second language Eliot Rosewater Oct 2023 #12

Interesting, trying to figure this out I read that someone switched Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #16

Hmm, could work. I use the translate app a lot on my iPhone. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2023 #18

Interesting idea, gracias! yonder Oct 2023 #20

Here in KY. my phone went off in English. Meadowoak Oct 2023 #13

I didn't even get one nt intrepidity Oct 2023 #14

trump type burner phone ? JK Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #17

Nope, android pixel nt intrepidity Oct 2023 #21

Joke. Wonder why you didn't get Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #22

No cell service here but phone works via wifi intrepidity Oct 2023 #24

Wow that does sound insane. And real safety issue. Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #27

I have a Pixel and got it. Mossfern Oct 2023 #26

As soon as it started... Conjuay Oct 2023 #45

Me neither, I'm in Florida. n/t SheilaAnn Oct 2023 #19

I didn't either MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2023 #23

I have what they call an "old lady phone" the Jitterbug. Son thinks that's why I didn't get it. n/t SheilaAnn Oct 2023 #32

I think that means they're now illegal aliens gratuitous Oct 2023 #25

Heck of a job Brownie!! Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #29

I have no cell phone. Posting from an old desktop. Valdosta Oct 2023 #28

Yes! You missed that too. They're everywhere! Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #30

Got One Alert Only ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #31

Exactly.. but as a systems person my immediate thought Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #35

I didn't hear the warning at all!! TSExile Oct 2023 #33

wtw? Maybe you guys didn't get cell tower signal? Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #36

Oh no Johnny2X2X Oct 2023 #39

? Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #40

I was in Austin/San Antonio yesterday on family business. ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #42

Interesting. Have dug and understand more now. FEMA Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2023 #44

The emergency alerts on TV here in NC are in both English and Spanish wishstar Oct 2023 #43