“Test” Emergency Alert very early in the morning

My test alerts were turned off, but I also received the alert this morning. My best guess is the FL Broadcast people used the “live” alert screen for this broadcast. It bypasses the test function and acts as a real time warning.

When test alerts are off even though they are issued they are required by law to test the emergency alert system every year of every Tuesday I believe now is it annoying? This is what I found out The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is responsible for conducting national-level tests of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) at least once every three years, as required by the IPAWS Modernization Act of 2015. The purpose of these tests is to ensure that the systems are effective ways to warn the public about national emergencies. Is it annoying? Yes but it is supposed to get your attention incase of an emergency like hail or a tornado. So it probably bypassed your settings and did it anyway.

Giffin53 wrote:

When test alerts are off even though they are issued they are required by law to test the emergency alert system every year of every Tuesday I believe now is it annoying? Yes but it is supposed to get your attention incase of an emergency like hail or a tornado. So it probably bypassed your settings and did it anyway.

The folks responsible for this particular notification error have apologized:

https://news.wgcu.org/government-politics/2023-04-24/official-explains-why-florida-was-awakened-thursday-by-alert

(This thread is also over a year old.)

yes and I am mad! I had my test alerts disabled, but still today, at 0445, the alert went off for that test in Florida.

I had my test alerts disabled, but still today, at 0445, the alert went off for that test in Florida.

Lots of questions but still no answer. Very annoying