Upcoming Emergency Alert Test - August 11, 2021

originally posted by: opethPA

originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

I started looking, here is an announcement from FEMA:
FEMA
They say 2:20 - 2:50 pm Eastern Daylight Time

The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests will begin at 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 11.

If anyone is trying to improve their knowledge vs just automatically reaching for the tinfoil.

WEA = Wireless Emergency Alerts
EAS = Emergency Alert System

Taken directly from the official release....

"FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this summer.

The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests will begin at 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 11.

The Wireless Emergency Alert portion of the test will be directed only to consumer cell phones where the subscriber has opted-in to receive test messages. This will be the second nationwide WEA test, but the first nationwide WEA test on a consumer opt-in basis. The test message will display in either English or in Spanish, depending on the language settings of the wireless handset.

The Emergency Alert System portion of the test will be sent to radios and televisions. This will be the sixth nationwide EAS test."

I read the entire article and nowhere does it say anything about a reboot or unplugging your equipment and plugging it back in.

originally posted by: Kaiju666

originally posted by: opethPA

originally posted by: ancientlight
What a strange coincidence, this is the exact date of Mike Lindell symposium in Texas, to reveal all prove of election fraud?

You honestly think that Mike Lindell's symposium was scheduled prior to the nationwide EAS testing ?

On paper saying "their are no coincidences" seems great but meanwhile the real world doesn't operate in a vacuum or in a serial manner.
There are probably millions of other events taking place, around the world, on the same day that Mike Lindell chose to schedule his sales pitch.. Does that mean those events are odd also?

Maybe it's the opposite? Maybe Lindell chose these dates because of it?

Sure. Maybe the cloud floating over head looks like the Dr. Pepper logo also.


The post I replied to tried to draw some coincidence that different events are taking place on the same dates.

That's a CT trope that never seems to go anywhere when it comes to proving some correlation between the two.

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: opethPA

originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

I started looking, here is an announcement from FEMA:
FEMA
They say 2:20 - 2:50 pm Eastern Daylight Time

The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests will begin at 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 11.

If anyone is trying to improve their knowledge vs just automatically reaching for the tinfoil.

WEA = Wireless Emergency Alerts
EAS = Emergency Alert System

Taken directly from the official release....

"FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this summer.

The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests will begin at 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 11.

The Wireless Emergency Alert portion of the test will be directed only to consumer cell phones where the subscriber has opted-in to receive test messages. This will be the second nationwide WEA test, but the first nationwide WEA test on a consumer opt-in basis. The test message will display in either English or in Spanish, depending on the language settings of the wireless handset.

The Emergency Alert System portion of the test will be sent to radios and televisions. This will be the sixth nationwide EAS test."

I read the entire article and nowhere does it say anything about a reboot or unplugging your equipment and plugging it back in.

Why would it at the FEMA level but could you imagine the fun if it did?

What you have is a local ITSP, though not limited to them, putting a standard and lazy IT troubleshooting step or disclaimer on something. People here want to make more of that then great. If those people are allowed to make those points then I can respond but actually be able to back it up with reality and not perception or spidey senses.

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: opethPA

originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

I started looking, here is an announcement from FEMA:
FEMA
They say 2:20 - 2:50 pm Eastern Daylight Time

The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests will begin at 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 11.

If anyone is trying to improve their knowledge vs just automatically reaching for the tinfoil.

WEA = Wireless Emergency Alerts
EAS = Emergency Alert System

Taken directly from the official release....

"FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this summer.

The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests will begin at 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 11.

The Wireless Emergency Alert portion of the test will be directed only to consumer cell phones where the subscriber has opted-in to receive test messages. This will be the second nationwide WEA test, but the first nationwide WEA test on a consumer opt-in basis. The test message will display in either English or in Spanish, depending on the language settings of the wireless handset.

The Emergency Alert System portion of the test will be sent to radios and televisions. This will be the sixth nationwide EAS test."

I read the entire article and nowhere does it say anything about a reboot or unplugging your equipment and plugging it back in.

That's what made me realize I had it wrong.

The ISP didn't quote the FEMA release verbatim.

They added their own "one size fits all" reboot advice to it.

a reply to: LSU2018

why exactly would an emergency test message require a possible reboot?

It's in case your cable box gets confused and doesn't go back to your channels.

Keep in mind they're only talking about your cable box, if you have one of those. Internet equipment (router, cablem modem, etc.) is not in scope for this test.

I stream my Spectrum TV subscription via the Spectrum app on smart TVs. I'm kind of wondering if the app will show the test.

originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: LSU2018

I will love to hear, but for a while a few years ago, I had dreams of living in some type of government more like nazi type, I even was wearing some type of uniform.

I thought it was just too many movies, but who knows,

(Skip to the next paragraph for my dream)
For years, I've been having dreams that cause me to wake up with a certain gut feeling and it's never failed that they came true. Dreams as simple as running into someone I hadn't seen or talked to in over a decade, to things as major as 9/11. The dreams vs the reality aren't verbatim, but the outcome is always the same. For example, when I was 31, I dreamt that I was standing the roof of a house talking to a girl I dated when I was 16. Hadn't spoken to her or thought of her since we'd broken up. That same week, one of my coworkers won a prize by calling in on a radio station and asked me to ride with her to pick it up. Who was the one that handed out the prizes? The girl I dated when I was 16.

My dream... In the Spring of 2008, I dreamed that Obama had beaten Hillary and won the election. I was standing near a college campus when the news was announced and all of the college kids were going crazy and dancing around, but in the midst of their excitement, they never saw that the government had turned on all of us. I stood atop a small mound and screamed a warning at them, but my screams weren't loud enough. As I turned and looked to the wood line about 500 yards away, there were thousands of government agents dressed in black suits walking towards us all. I again turned and attempted to get their attention, but again they had their eyes closed and danced around with big smiles on their faces, blind and oblivious to everything that was coming right for them. I looked down and my kids were standing beside me so I grabbed the youngest (2 y/o at that time) and made the other two follow me to safety where we could take cover and stay out of sight because it was too late and nobody was listening to me. Seconds later, I heard people screaming as they were getting killed and suddenly one of these agents popped around the corner and saw me and my kids, I grabbed a sharp, metal shard and as I started running towards him, I woke up. The reality which was unknown at that point, was that the government had been turned against the people and they were too blind to notice it. It all started after Obama was elected.

originally posted by: opethPA

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: opethPA

originally posted by: Vasa Croe
As others have said, the only reason to require a reboot is if something is being updated or installed.

That in and of itself doesn't mean anything other than for people who don't know how networks work will think it means something nefarious is gonna happen possibly.

Do a EIGRP to OSPF change and yup, you will need to reboot.
Did something change with BGP, yup you may need to reboot.
Recovering from an STP loop , yah probably goona reboot.

Rebooting doesn't mean something bad. Sure it can but it doesn't mean it does.

All understandable, however, as an average citizen on the outside looking in, why exactly would an emergency test message require a possible reboot?

As an average citizen I don't see a message that requires a reboot.

I see a message that says may require. Since , as an average citizen, almost every troubleshooting anyone has given me has started with "did you reboot" I don't find it out of the normal.

I find it out of the ordinary to have to potentially reboot my television over a nationwide message. It's a message, not an update.

So it's past 2PM EST, did anyone get abducted to a FEMA camp?

originally posted by: butcherguy
Maybe they will announce that Joe Biden has invited the Chinese military to come in and help administer the COVID vaccine to the remaining citizens that are 'vaccine hesitant'.

I had noticed that the bus loads of "families" that had come in illegally and were being bussed to Military base, were all military looking men.
Buff, men with big necks all the ones on the buses they showed.

What if these are a mercenary army being gathered by hiding them in the illegal run put in position, just as Pelosi has put her people unlawfully in the states.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
So it's past 2PM EST, did anyone get abducted to a FEMA camp?

Aug. 11.


Would you know if they had? News is not exactly realty now.
I noticed in my own town we had several murders and had been completely unaware without actual research we know nothing any more.

originally posted by: SeaWorthy
Aug. 11.

What?! I gotta wait for this too now? FFS.

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: opethPA

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: opethPA

originally posted by: Vasa Croe
As others have said, the only reason to require a reboot is if something is being updated or installed.

That in and of itself doesn't mean anything other than for people who don't know how networks work will think it means something nefarious is gonna happen possibly.

Do a EIGRP to OSPF change and yup, you will need to reboot.
Did something change with BGP, yup you may need to reboot.
Recovering from an STP loop , yah probably goona reboot.

Rebooting doesn't mean something bad. Sure it can but it doesn't mean it does.

All understandable, however, as an average citizen on the outside looking in, why exactly would an emergency test message require a possible reboot?

As an average citizen I don't see a message that requires a reboot.

I see a message that says may require. Since , as an average citizen, almost every troubleshooting anyone has given me has started with "did you reboot" I don't find it out of the normal.

I find it out of the ordinary to have to potentially reboot my television over a nationwide message. It's a message, not an update.

Do you have a smart TV ?

Again rebooting is just a standard, albeit lazy, default troubleshooting step for anything.
From either side of the equation I just dont see it as being indicative of anything other than the above, especially when it is optional.

a reply to: MykeNukem

If I was designing this for nefarious reasons, I'd start small with things you won't notice in time. Like this, for example, I'd let everyone know there's going to be a nationwide message and possible reboot, then I'd do it again later as "just" a test, before long it would all seem normal and once the majority of people were complacent and passed it off as just a test, I'd strike.

We were going to be locked down for just one week, then just one more week, then a month, and after that it was normal and people had grown used to being locked down. At first the vaccine was the be-all end-all to masks, lockdowns, and other uncomfortable inconveniences. I see no reason not to believe that, at first, this will just be a test message. Who's to say that once we get a few of these under our belt of experience and see them as normal, there won't be one that pressures everyone to turn in the names and addresses of all the people they know who aren't vaccinated? The government is going full retard on these vaccinations. This is the type of stuff I'm referring to when I say it feels nefarious.

originally posted by: Zarniwoop
a reply to: LSU2018

why exactly would an emergency test message require a possible reboot?

It's in case your cable box gets confused and doesn't go back to your channels.

Keep in mind they're only talking about your cable box, if you have one of those. Internet equipment (router, cablem modem, etc.) is not in scope for this test.

I stream my Spectrum TV subscription via the Spectrum app on smart TVs. I'm kind of wondering if the app will show the test.

That's a good question. If you're streaming anything, will it display the test or not... If we're in the middle of an emergency and I'm watching the Mandalorian, will it alert me?

originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: MykeNukem

If I was designing this for nefarious reasons, I'd start small with things you won't notice in time. Like this, for example, I'd let everyone know there's going to be a nationwide message and possible reboot, then I'd do it again later as "just" a test, before long it would all seem normal and once the majority of people were complacent and passed it off as just a test, I'd strike.

We were going to be locked down for just one week, then just one more week, then a month, and after that it was normal and people had grown used to being locked down. At first the vaccine was the be-all end-all to masks, lockdowns, and other uncomfortable inconveniences. I see no reason not to believe that, at first, this will just be a test message. Who's to say that once we get a few of these under our belt of experience and see them as normal, there won't be one that pressures everyone to turn in the names and addresses of all the people they know who aren't vaccinated? The government is going full retard on these vaccinations. This is the type of stuff I'm referring to when I say it feels nefarious.

You felt this way about the previous EAS WAS tests? Were you concerned then? What about all the states ones that have been running forever? If they were to run EAS testing without notifying the public would you be one of the people screaming they did it in secret?

You think its some nefarious step being taken based on your feelings, meanwhile working knowledge and experience tells others differently. I don't see much common ground there and it seems like you have made your mind up no matter what information people post.

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: Zarniwoop
a reply to: LSU2018

why exactly would an emergency test message require a possible reboot?

It's in case your cable box gets confused and doesn't go back to your channels.

Keep in mind they're only talking about your cable box, if you have one of those. Internet equipment (router, cablem modem, etc.) is not in scope for this test.

I stream my Spectrum TV subscription via the Spectrum app on smart TVs. I'm kind of wondering if the app will show the test.

That's a good question. If you're streaming anything, will it display the test or not... If we're in the middle of an emergency and I'm watching the Mandalorian, will it alert me?

The nature of emergency test systems often place the ability to breakthrough or override anything else.
If it didn't interrupt your watching of the Mandalorian then it wouldn't be much of an EAS would it?

a reply to: LSU2018

If we're in the middle of an emergency and I'm watching the Mandalorian, will it alert me?

Unless you're using a your providers app (if they have one) that streams content to a smart device, I don't think there's any chance streaming will be interrupted.

I'm sure they're pondering the whole Internet aspect of these alerts considering so many folks are unplugging cable TV.

It's ok. The gumnit has been watching us from inside our TV's since the 70's...ROFL.

originally posted by: opethPA

originally posted by: Gothmog

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: opethPA

Sure, they are a PITA, and been around for years.

But for five minutes?
To the point you MAY have to reboot your system?
Because that is a new one on me

You only reboot routers after a NOS upgrade .

This is 100% wrong and if you believe it then you don't seem to know much about how layers 1-7 operate.

Any routing protocol change could very easily require a reboot of any distro or access networks along with any attached clients.

Did I say that it had to happen every time ? No.
But , it does happen given a lack of a failover switch or stacked switches .
You didn't think that one through , did you ?

originally posted by: carewemust

originally posted by: Gothmog

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: opethPA

Sure, they are a PITA, and been around for years.

But for five minutes?
To the point you MAY have to reboot your system?
Because that is a new one on me

You only reboot routers after a NOS upgrade .
Wow.
Taking my equipment down at 23:59 on the 10th
And using Wireshark when I bring em back up .
Time to break out the old laptop I have in the closet .

What if the test is actually planned for the 10th? They say the 11th, in order to catch everyone off-guard on the 10th.

Good question .