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If you live in the US, prepare your ears. The government will conduct a nationwide test on Wednesday (04). The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are testing the National Wireless Emergency Alert System and sending alerts to devices (including radios and televisions) to ensure the system is prepared for a real crisis.
A notification will be sent to all citizens at the same time. US authorities explained that the warnings will be issued simultaneously. The time will be 2:20 p.m. Eastern (3:20 p.m. Brazil time). The message in English is: “This is a test of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is required.” If your phone is set to Spanish as the default language, you will see the following sentence: “Esta es una prueba del Sistema Nacional de Alerta de Emergencia. No se necesita acción.”
Additionally, the message will have a “unique tone and vibration,” according to the White House. The U.S. government described the signal as “an overwhelming, unpleasant alarm that immediately causes you to stop what you’re doing and reach for your phone to interrupt it.”
Message across all channels
The message will also be broadcast on television and radio. That is, at the same time, American television and radio will also broadcast this signal to the public. This will be the seventh national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The mobile notifications are scheduled to last approximately 30 minutes. However, users can turn off the notifications once they receive them. And if an actual emergency occurs on Wednesday (which is extremely unlikely), the test will be postponed by a week, to October 11. This information was provided by Engadget.
SOS system on cell phones
THE SOS system Satellite-based emergency assistance is expected to arrive in six European countries earlier this year when Apple released iOS 16.4. In addition to Portugal, the service is already available in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Luxembourg. The feature is also now available in Germany, Canada, the US, France and the UK.
The service is free for two years after activation on a compatible iPhone (currently only on Line 14 and 15).
What is Satellite Emergency SOS?
Emergency SOS via Satellite is a service announced for the iPhone 14 in 2022 that will allow users to contact emergency services and locate select contacts via satellite when cellular data and Wi-Fi are unavailable.
According to Apple, when using a satellite connection, “The experience of sending or receiving messages is different from a cellular network.” In ideal conditions with a direct view of the sky and horizon, it may take 15 seconds to send a message, but in ideal conditions with trees with light to medium foliage it may take longer. In some cases, it may take more than 1 minute. If you are under dense foliage or surrounded by other obstacles, you may not be able to connect to the satellite. Connection times may be affected by environment, message length, satellite network conditions, and availability.
