It finally happened–the “presidential alert” was sent to people’s cellphones, and of course, everyone began riffing on it.
The message, which read: “Presidential alert. THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed,” was sent around 1:18pm CT on Wednesday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Integrated Public Alert and Warning System was responsible for sending out the test.
![Presidential Alert](https://uploads.dailydot.com/2018/10/Presidential-Alert.jpg?auto=compress&fm=pjpg)
The test was pretty mundane, but that didn’t stop people from reacting to the sudden burst of noise (or vibration) and a message from the government popping up on their phones.
Many people online were just not here for getting a presidential alert on their phone.
https://twitter.com/CQuintanaDC/status/1047551962873565184
https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/1047551658601979910
No he would never abuse that alert thing, no way
— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) October 3, 2018
Anyone else just have their phone buzz and display the words NO COLLUSION?
— Boris Kachka (@Borisk) October 3, 2018
— fem top (@gayandold) October 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/SHOPCHEAPYXO/status/1047551926467006467
Others decided the best course of action was to replace the message with another message… or respond to it.
i feel i got a different text than everyone pic.twitter.com/38XOTbI65v
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/iamTannenbaum/status/1047552798420811777
Couldn't agree more! #PresidentialAlert pic.twitter.com/3M3jzbOJvI
— Mark Stenquist (@markstenquist) October 3, 2018
anyone else get this one? pic.twitter.com/TknOT9zQYG
— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) October 3, 2018
#PresidentialAlert pic.twitter.com/lZck6VaxcE
— dough boy (@lushicepuffbar) October 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/maxtastrophe/status/1047554002093842434
Did everyone get this? pic.twitter.com/UurRByPc8l
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 3, 2018
Just be glad it wasn’t a message notifying you President Donald Trump just tweeted.
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