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.
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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