We would all love to be able to place our trust in the government systems set in place to protect us. Unfortunately, that simply hasn't happened yet and is unlikely to happen when even the government's emergency alert system can go haywire without their knowledge. Find out more below.
There have been hundreds of reports from people throughout the country who are saying their phones are freezing up, some after receiving over 20 FEMA IPAWS Emergency Alerts on their phones.
A number of law enforcement agencies and 911 call centers have been inundated with calls from panicked people who have no idea what these messages mean. The fact that these emergency response agencies are puzzled by the messages suggests that this was not a regularly scheduled test.
According to FEMA, IPAWS was built to ensure that under all conditions the President of the United States can alert and warn the American people. These communication pathways include Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) that send messages directly to smartphones, even when cellular networks are overloaded and can no longer support person-to-person calls, texts, or emails.
Bugs happen. Computers can produce unpredictable mistakes, as anyone reading this can likely attest. We've made our peace with that. What makes this story most concerning is the fact that the emergency alerts seemed to come as a surprise to FEMA, which was supposed to be the source of the information.
All we can hope is that they get to the bottom of this error. Best case scenario, people turn off their emergency notifications to stop getting these time-wasting alerts. Worst case scenario, someone hacked the system, and any alerts we get from them in the future could be compromised.
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I have been seeing an awful lot of emergency broadcasting texts on my phone and television I thought there’s been a lot more than usual
Josh Phillips
ZOMBIES!!! Wish I lived in America now lol
Im fishing left my phone in the car.
No you dont.
You really dont.
Ryan Edward why not lol I wish I was born there. Always have.
I used to live in California.. All the neighboring states hate Cali. It was bad enough that I wouldn’t let on that I was from there unless someone saw my license plate or I had to show my ID. When I moved to the east coast it was totally different. 3000 miles away people here all think California is amazing.. and everyone dreams of going there..
The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Although in my case it was, as the east coast sees far more precipitation than the western desert. But I digress. People here only see whats on tv. If they lived nearby they’d realize that the place is full of self absorbed asshats too busy enjoying the aroma of their own farts to realize they’re stinking up the place. =P Enjoy what you have, because pining for something out of reach will always lead to disappointment.
I would never move to a place like Cali or New York etc. I want to move to a small town some place like Kansas. Work all week. Go hunting at weekends. Build a bomb shelter and be a prepped lol
I downloaded the FEMA app for my iPhone. It will not open, it won’t let me delete it, it is greyed out as though it needs updated but yet I keep Getting notifications from it. Anyone else having similar issues or any suggestions?
Every where FEMA goes, there is always action that is about to happen, I will never trust them.
Zach Leal
I’m born and raised Californian, the sane part away from the ocean. And Daniel is very right about the majority that live here. The closer to the ocean, the worse people are.
Mines fine. I don’t have that female alert tho.
Trust me. Compared to the United Kingdom you guys are in paradise and I’m jealous of you every day. They are even classing right wing political parties over here as terrorist if they speak up against Islam and terrorist attacks lol
It’s nuts.