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EX500rider

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61. "And if someone launches a nuke at Chicago and i get this extra special warning, what am i supposed
Fri Oct 5, 2018, 03:31 PM
Oct 2018

...to do?"
If you really want a answer, find a manhole cover, get it open, climb down, close lid, after the blast has past you have up to a hour before radiation levels start to rise dramatically as the radioactive dust starts to fall to the ground, use that time to get out of the area or into a deep basement with several floors above you or anything that will have 3 feet of dirt above you. Even crawling deep into a culvert might get you thru the blast also depending on the breaks. Obviously if you are withing the crater range of ground zero you will be toast but further out this will save you.

(2 bolts wired together with a space in between them is what you need to get the manhole cover open, stick one thru the hole in the manhole cover and lift with the other one.)

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It's a test of the emergency messaging system, I think it's actually from FEMA. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #1
Usually, I agree with your sober and intelligent posts PJMcK Oct 2018 #4
I don't think he has control over it. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #5
Really? atreides1 Oct 2018 #13
If trump is involved TEB Oct 2018 #10
+1 Anon-C Oct 2018 #26
Don't text DownriverDem Oct 2018 #16
Good question... IthinkThereforeIAM Oct 2018 #17
My wife got it on her phone, christx30 Oct 2018 #40
Okay, I admit I was wrong PJMcK Oct 2018 #42
It's the beginning of Big Brother Broadcasting bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #2
True that. nt zanana1 Oct 2018 #49
I'm not freaking out PJMcK Oct 2018 #3
HE'S NOT SENDING YOU A MESSAGE! brooklynite Oct 2018 #6
People seem to have a hard time understanding this. bearsfootball516 Oct 2018 #8
Will it have the test screen with the Native American/Indian chief in it... IthinkThereforeIAM Oct 2018 #18
For those that don't know what you are referring to, Wikipedia to the rescue... PoliticAverse Oct 2018 #56
Thank you... IthinkThereforeIAM Oct 2018 #60
Okay, thanks PJMcK Oct 2018 #19
One other point PJMcK Oct 2018 #20
I guess you should apologize now, john657 Oct 2018 #28
Thanks, I will (n/t) PJMcK Oct 2018 #32
That was only the first one. zanana1 Oct 2018 #50
Apologize for having an opposing opinion? nt zanana1 Oct 2018 #55
Maybe you missed the part where poster said that if he/she was john657 Oct 2018 #58
I'm sorry, I was wrong PJMcK Oct 2018 #33
You weren't wrong. nt zanana1 Oct 2018 #52
YET nt zanana1 Oct 2018 #51
It's a 2006 law which later on had RWers freaked out because they didn't want The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #15
I think the problem is BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #7
People are peeved because it is Trump. avebury Oct 2018 #9
It's a prelude to this... Duppers Oct 2018 #30
I can happen. zanana1 Oct 2018 #53
Simple solution is to turn your phone which is what I've underthematrix Oct 2018 #11
Which way did you turn it: right or left? PJMcK Oct 2018 #21
LOL That's pretty much everyone's standard response to Trump underthematrix Oct 2018 #22
I was wrong PJMcK Oct 2018 #43
I do not understand the need for this. Lonestarblue Oct 2018 #12
Every once in a while... reACTIONary Oct 2018 #38
I think you should demand that the entire national warning system be abolished asap MichMan Oct 2018 #57
This is based on a 2006 law. In 2013, right-wingers freaked out abt having 'Obama in their phone'... Princess Turandot Oct 2018 #14
This test is mandated by a 2016 amendment to the WARN Act onenote Oct 2018 #25
The odds of that cockamamie lawsuit succeeding were zero. onenote Oct 2018 #23
Just posted about this in the Lounge Bayard Oct 2018 #24
Jesus Christ!!!! john657 Oct 2018 #27
No shit, get a life people! It's a phone message - deal with it Baclava Oct 2018 #29
"Deal" with it? zanana1 Oct 2018 #41
oh stop it, invade your privacy? from a weather alert? Baclava Oct 2018 #45
It's called a Presidential Alert. zanana1 Oct 2018 #46
Whatever, I have bigger things to worry about n/t Baclava Oct 2018 #47
i got one here in the Tx Panhandle onetexan Oct 2018 #31
I was able to delete it without having to look or listen to it. Tikki Oct 2018 #34
Got it on XM, but noting on the cell. I agree with you, this isnt some big deal. 7962 Oct 2018 #35
This Alert can be dangerous while driving Blueplanet Oct 2018 #36
didn't get on my work cell whistler162 Oct 2018 #37
I get the history and backstory of this alert... but... BlueIdaho Oct 2018 #39
Don't Get The Whole Concept ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #44
I think you just changed my mind... BlueIdaho Oct 2018 #48
"And if someone launches a nuke at Chicago and i get this extra special warning, what am i supposed EX500rider Oct 2018 #61
No Thanks ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #62
. underpants Oct 2018 #54
One more reason to not carry a blasted phone around with me every hour of the day and night - Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2018 #59
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