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Post by Bridget in MD on Oct 4, 2023 18:19:37 GMT
i set an alarm for 217 to remind me it was coming and a min later it came for real! still startled me! LOL
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Oct 4, 2023 18:21:49 GMT
My watch and iphone went off at 118pm. But my coworker was listening to FM radio and it went off at 120pm like it was supposed to.
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Post by chendra on Oct 4, 2023 18:22:24 GMT
Two minutes early here too.
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Post by janet on Oct 4, 2023 18:23:00 GMT
Scared the bejesus out of me even though I knew it was coming. My iphone went off at 1:18 and DH's Android went off at 1:22.
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Post by breetheflea on Oct 4, 2023 18:23:03 GMT
DH phone went off 2 minutes early. I turned my phone off, but it screeched at me when I turned it back on.
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Post by mollycoddle on Oct 4, 2023 18:24:48 GMT
I turned mine off, because that noise is hard for me to take. The phone still lit up and vibrated.
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Post by pinklady on Oct 4, 2023 18:28:08 GMT
The vaccine chip was activated. Zombies Unite!  |
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Post by katlady on Oct 4, 2023 18:28:15 GMT
2 minutes early here too.
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Post by quinlove on Oct 4, 2023 18:29:23 GMT
Oh good. I just switched internet providers today and my iPhone went off at 1:18. Thought it was 2 minutes behind. 😵💫
( I use WiFi for my phone. No cell service close )
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Post by papersilly on Oct 4, 2023 18:32:08 GMT
i totally forgot and it went off while i was on the phone with my health care provider. scared the crap out of me. i thought it was 2:20 PST but it was 11:20 PST.
and it was early. more like 11:18 for me.
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Post by Lexica on Oct 4, 2023 18:32:39 GMT
My iPhone went off at 1:18 here too. It wasn’t as loud as I expected it to be. If it had been anywhere other than on the table next to me, I wouldn’t have heard a thing. I actually heard the vibration on the table louder than the alert. I couldn’t remember if computers were supposed to be included in this test so I checked my iPad out of curiosity. Nope.
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Post by Zee on Oct 4, 2023 18:32:56 GMT
2:18 and still scared the shit out of me bc my phone was in my hand.
At least I knew what it was right away!
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Post by Bridget in MD on Oct 4, 2023 18:38:15 GMT
i totally forgot and it went off while i was on the phone with my health care provider. scared the crap out of me. i thought it was 2:20 PST but it was 11:20 PST. and it was early. more like 11:18 for me. I wondered if it was 2:20 for all time zones or 2:20 EST and then adjust accordingly! |
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Post by monklady123 on Oct 4, 2023 18:38:15 GMT
I happened to have CNN on and at 2:17 they were talking about the test that would be happening in three minutes, and then my phone went off at 2:18 and I actually jumped. hahahaha The alert came on the TV at 2:20 exactly. I thought it was interesting though that on my phone it lasted for just a few seconds, but on the TV it went on for long enough for the voice to say what it was, and how it was nationwide, and how no action was required by the public. My dd is at work today because there are company-wide events going on and she said the alert went off in waves around the office...not everyone's phone did 2:18. lol They have some sort of webinar at 2:30 so that was good timing on their part.  |
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Post by papersilly on Oct 4, 2023 18:39:30 GMT
i totally forgot and it went off while i was on the phone with my health care provider. scared the crap out of me. i thought it was 2:20 PST but it was 11:20 PST. and it was early. more like 11:18 for me. I wondered if it was 2:20 for all time zones or 2:20 EST and then adjust accordingly! it was the latter for sure. i thought i would have time to muffle my phone but i didn't. |
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Post by ~summer~ on Oct 4, 2023 18:45:26 GMT
2 min early. Was on a conference call…
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Post by flanz on Oct 4, 2023 18:46:01 GMT
I had my phone volume turned down low. Heard it but quietly.
I was on my laptop and nothing happened on it... though I thought it was supposed to.
Yes, 2 minutes early here in Cali as well.
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Oct 4, 2023 18:50:37 GMT
I was on a conference call and several of our phones went off 2 minutes early, but some were a minute or two later.
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Post by pantsonfire on Oct 4, 2023 18:56:23 GMT
Dd's phone went off at 11:19 and mine went off at 11:22. So weird. Same carrier too.
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Post by leeny on Oct 4, 2023 19:11:28 GMT
Two minutes early on the West Coast too. I didn't get the tone, only the message. I must have changed some setting for emergency alerts after we got an earthquake warning that didn't happen here. I also got a text message survey from our county (which I had signed up for).
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Post by femalebusiness on Oct 4, 2023 19:21:39 GMT
Mine went off early too and I was on the pot peeing. I had to listen to the entire thing as I couldn't stop peeing and get my pants up quick enough.
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Post by littlemama on Oct 4, 2023 19:23:54 GMT
Mine was 2:18 and so was the person I was meeting with. I have a Samsung and he has an iphone, I think.
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Post by littlemama on Oct 4, 2023 19:25:21 GMT
Two minutes early on the West Coast too. I didn't get the tone, only the message. I must have changed some setting for emergency alerts after we got an earthquake warning that didn't happen here. I also got a text message survey from our county (which I had signed up for). This is a warning that cant be turned off. So that means it didnt work correctly. The second I touched my phone, the tone stopped and the message flashed so fast I couldnt read it. Good thing they are testing so they cam work out this kinks! |
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Post by anniebeth24 on Oct 4, 2023 19:40:59 GMT
My phone didn't make a sound. I did see the message flash on the screen but only looked at it because a coworker mentioned it on a Teams call.
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Post by lilacgal on Oct 4, 2023 20:01:48 GMT
It was two minutes early for me too. It startled my third graders and me because it was so loud. Just proves I won’t miss it if it’s ever used for real!
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Post by Scrapper100 on Oct 4, 2023 20:08:23 GMT
My Dh’s two phones went off early. Not sure when my sons did and mine never did nor did I get a text. I didn’t have alerts turned off although heard that shouldn’t matter. I heard that I wasn’t the only one not to get it.
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Post by dewryce on Oct 4, 2023 20:55:24 GMT
2 minutes early for me as well, I am an iPhone user with T-Mobile. It was super loud and didn’t stop until I stopped it. And I do have other emergency alerts turned off so it definitely bypassed that setting for me. PolarGreen12 Good to “see” you! |
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Oct 4, 2023 21:02:59 GMT
My iPhone went off at 2:18pm.
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Post by KikiPea on Oct 4, 2023 21:28:01 GMT
I was in my car when it went off. Phone- 1:18, radio 1:20. I was expecting it, and it was nothing. No different than our weather warnings.
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Post by librarylady on Oct 4, 2023 21:38:29 GMT
Was in midst of lunch with a friend, so I don't know the exact time. Both our phones began to give the same tone as we get with an Amber Alert. I remembered what it was supposed to be, so pulled out the phone and acknowledged the alert so it stopped the sound.
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