Feds To Test ‘Presidential Alert’ System, What You Need To Know

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By: Gregory Wallace, CNN
(CNN) — If you have a cellphone, expect it to buzz and beep loudly this afternoon around 2:18 p.m. EDT.
“Presidential Alert,” the screen will say. “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”
It’s the first nationwide test of the system built by the federal government and cellphone carriers to warn Americans of an emergency, like a terror attack or a widesprea