On Oct. 4, at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET, cellular devices, televisions, and radio systems will ring out from a national emergency alert test designed to ensure the country’s mass communication services are in working order – and intended to be heard loud and clear by anyone nearby.
Fortunately, device users looking to silence a hidden resource have time to prepare.
Many Americans will already be familiar with the blaring alarm noise and accompanying notification blasts pushed to their phones, known as Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), used by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in four types of critical emergency situations:
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