Presidential Alert
LOST said:
See what I mean.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a23585540/presidential-alert-deep-state/
If you didn’t get the message, you’re safe. Anyone who did receive the message will be tracked down later today and then rounded up and sent to the FEMA camps.
I've thought about this since yesterday's alert and for the life of me I can't think of any reason that FEMA would need to contact every single mobile phone in the U.S. at the same time. Maybe if the rapture occurs, but aside from that what event could possible affect every region of the country at the same moment?
Great take on this by Gail Collins this morning in NYTimes:
On Wednesday we had a Presidential Alert test. Did you hear it? Your cellphone probably started beeping madly. It was just a run-through to make sure you’d get the warning if some terrible disaster was headed your way.
You mean like Donald Trump?
No, no, no. We’re talking about hurricanes. Or maybe missiles. The Presidential Alert means he’s warning you, not shooting at you.
Are you sure? Because I was watching him at a couple of events over the last week and he seemed pretty darned … excitable.
No, I swear this isn’t a problem. The president doesn’t really send the alerts. It’s the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA — is that the guy who was in danger of getting canned for misusing government cars?
Well, a great number of major Trump administration officials would be in danger of being canned if the president were capable of cleaning house. Or even metaphorically sweeping the porch. But as we all learned long ago, the man who made his mark in the world by telling people “You’re fired!” on reality TV is incapable of actually firing anyone.
Brock Long, the head of FEMA, has definitely been in trouble, since like virtually everybody in this administration he has a problem with using taxpayer dollars for his private transportation. But at least he never tried to use sirens to get through traffic at dinnertime, like the Environmental Protection Agency guy.
And he doesn’t do the alerts, either. It’s longtime trained staffers.
From the deep state? I’m really getting to love the deep state.
Yeah, lifetime bureaucrats are looking pretty damned good these days.
"Lifetime bureaucrats are looking pretty damned good these days" is an especially great line.
ml1 said:
I've thought about this since yesterday's alert and for the life of me I can't think of any reason that FEMA would need to contact every single mobile phone in the U.S. at the same time. Maybe if the rapture occurs, but aside from that what event could possible affect every region of the country at the same moment?
Because we found out about the red and blue dots on the mailboxes, man. Now it's the text message. If you have a red dot AND you got a text message? They're just gonna shoot you in your bed at 3am when martial law starts.
I'd love to see a breakdown of political affiliation for those that received and did not receive the message.
ml1 said:
I've thought about this since yesterday's alert and for the life of me I can't think of any reason that FEMA would need to contact every single mobile phone in the U.S. at the same time. Maybe if the rapture occurs, but aside from that what event could possible affect every region of the country at the same moment?
News that a political opponent has done a good job of raising a family.
DaveSchmidt said:
ml1 said:News that a political opponent has done a good job of raising a family.
I've thought about this since yesterday's alert and for the life of me I can't think of any reason that FEMA would need to contact every single mobile phone in the U.S. at the same time. Maybe if the rapture occurs, but aside from that what event could possible affect every region of the country at the same moment?
stop the presses!!
mrincredible said:
It would be interesting to know the necessary process. Then I suppose it would be easier to assess the likelihood of Trump abusing this power.
I heard they hired that guy from Hawaii to run the whole thing.
trump wants it called “presidential alert” so that his base feels their dear leader is watching over them. Once he’s in jail they can rename it “national alert”.
interesting that you’re saying ‘no other president has done this’ when our reports of the trial said:
“ FEMA is required to test and maintain alert systems and says the aim is to "assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of a national message and determine whether improvements are needed".
While it's the first national test of the new wireless emergency alert system, similar tests were conducted in 2011, 2016 and 2017. “
[the ABC News Online article explained different Acts and broadcast methods for widespread reach to the population]
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-04/presidential-alert-sent-out-to-us-phones/10335858
And if anyone remembers, the Emergency Broadcast System was not used while the attacks on the WTC and Pentagon took place.
blackcat said:
And if anyone remembers, the Emergency Broadcast System was not used while the attacks on the WTC and Pentagon took place.
Cell towers and broadcast towers on top of WTC buildings knocked out much of the cell phone and TV coverage capability in the NY metropolitan area making it very difficult to get out that sort of communication locally.
GoSlugs said:
Poor Tiffany. Living proof that you can't choose your parents.
Lucky Tiffany. Along with Barron, she's not looking at potential prison time, unlike the rest of her siblings.
I received an email message today from The White House -- a newsletter called 1600 Daily. The first article was about Ivanka Trump going to Georgia to visit the NASCAR Technical Institute to promote vocational training. Then a piece about the president awarding the medal of honor and some pictures of Melania in Africa. Coincidence that it started arriving on the same day as the nationwide alert? Who knows. I unsubscribed, but now I'm worried that I confirmed for them that it's a legit email address. Should have just redirected the messages to the spam folder.