FEMA Testing Wireless Emergency Alert System On Wednesday

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Chances are your office is going to be buzzing on Wednesday. Or chiming. Or some other alert-ing.
A nationwide test of the country’s Wireless Emergency Alert System is set for Wednesday at 11:18 a.m.
California residents are familiar with this process after last week’s Amber Alert describing a vehicle tied to a Modesto boy’s abduction. An alert went out to residents’ phones after the disappearance of Jayce Cosso on Sept. 18. He was found safe ea