I don't want Trump to text me that there's an emergency.

[Arkansas Granny]

[saidsimplesimon]

1. I have a limited cellphone plan.

If I get charged for a political announcement, I will refuse to pay for it, delete it on arrival.

[hlthe2b]

3. You won't be charged. But, I'd gladly double my monthly bill to get an "all done, all clear" from

Mueller.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Mr. dixie pointed out he can't avoid the text on his cell

Even if he does not answer, the recording will be in his message queue and he will be charged 10 cents a minute. He has an old phone and buys minutes.
Dunno if they will call my landline, but calls always go thru the answering machine before I will pick up.

The fact is that the emergency call plan was first brought up under Shrub. I cannot recall if it was ever implemented during his or Obama's time.

[haele]

11. Yes, I remember the National Critical Emergancy Alert system was tested at least twice before.

I already have the app for the County Emergency Broadcast system for some reason or another (with Amber alerts turned off), but those two particular times, I had switched phones and not re-installed the app, so it surprised the heck out of me both times.

And while you can usually shut off other specialty alerts your phone provider or ISP might carry (Amber, "Silver", severe weather, earthquake and tsunami, etc...) you can't turn off Critical Emergency alerts (like the National EBS). Because they're emergency text alerts, they're supposed to be free of charge - just like 911 and reverse 911 calls are also supposed to be free.
If it's just a standard EBS, I'll live with it. What I'm worried about is that the Dumpster Fire in Chief will start using it to rally his sniveling little Nazis or otherwise create Chaos.

Haele

[Eyeball_Kid]

38. And that's what it will always be: a political message or "announcement."

He'll probably announce the times and dates of his Potemkin Rallies.

[hlthe2b]

2. That is for damned sure...

[UTUSN]

4. Just excellent. Am sending this out, thanks. n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

6. I can't take credit for it. I just found it online and it expressed my feelings exactly.

[lpbk2713]

5. It couldn't get much better than that.

[louis-t]

7. I will block them if I can.

I doubt this will happen, as the outrage from people should shut that stupid motherfucker up.

[MANative]

9. Checked my alert settings

With Verizon, anyway, you can opt out of all alerts (Amber, Weather, etc.) EXCEPT Presidential alerts. Those are listed as "Mandatory."

[scarytomcat]

34. can you reply to this text?

we should unload on him
tell him to shut up

[lame54]

8. Then how are you gonna know when...

The election is cancelled

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. Or Marshall Law (sic) has been declared?

Or when the Royal Residence (the White House, renamed) has run out of KFC Extra Crispy?

Or when Comrade Donald is feeling kinda... anxious, if you know what I mean...

In truth, it's gonna be a nice little boilerplate "this is a test" message. It probably won't even say "NO COLLUSION!" or "JOIN US AT THE NEXT 90-MINUTE-HATE RALLY IN BEAVER BEND ON OCTOBER 23" or "KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!" -- but I'm not taking any bets that it hasn't crossed his mind.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

31. I think you mean

martial law. Don't mean to nit pick.

[mythology]

32. Maybe they were going for how Trump would spell it

[flamin lib]

12. If your cat could text you it wouldn't.

If your dog could text you the phone would explode every time a leaf fell in the back yard.

If Trump could text you your phone would completely melt every time Mueller announced another indictment . . .

[bdamomma]

13. exactly.

nt

[keithbvadu2]

14. Did the system change? Now it wants me to join twitter.

[Squaredeal]

15. That way he can evoke the 2d Amendment...

... with all his base if he’s impeached after the mid-terms.

[lagomorph777]

22. If he invokes the 2nd, we'll invoke the 25th.

[yuiyoshida]

17. Imagine Trump getting this power of sending all his tweets

TO everyone's cell phone... NO ONE would ever want to see his texts again, he is DESTROYING everything far more than any Hurricane could ever do, its unprecedented.

[Dave Starsky]

20. With no one able to delete or ridicule him.

I simply cannot see how he could resist misusing this. An "emergency " can be anything he says it is.

[lagomorph777]

23. Oh, the ridicule will follow, though not on the same platform.

Most phones will be switched off by their owners if shit like this starts dribbling out of them.

[Dave Starsky]

24. You CAN'T turn your phone off to them.

They will be delivered as soon as you turn your phone back on. You literally cannot escape these messages unless you decide to give up your cell phone entirely.

[lagomorph777]

26. That may well be what happens.

A market will open up for flip-phones with only voice capability, using some unregulated pirate network.

[Dave Starsky]

27. I think back to the BBS days.

Where all network traffic was handled analog and locally. It took some time for your communications to get out there, but out they went and in they came, eventually.

Maybe we'll go back to that point again, out of necessity.

[Frequency Kenneth]

18. "Warning: There's a hurricane coming WHICH I TOTALLY DID NOT CAUSE"

I think I'll pass, too.

[elmac]

19. i don't want anything to do with tRump

or any federal department he has infected.

[DoctorJoJo]

21. I'll Be Sending Him My NSFW Response

[Dave Starsky]

25. Unfortunately, you can't respond back.

Which is why he will exploit this new means of expression to its fullest opportunity.

[LAS14]

28. If Trump texted me that there was emergency, I'd assume all was...

...copacetic (sp?), since he seems unable to tell the truth.

[Dave Starsky]

29. If Trump tweeted that the sun came up this morning...

I would have to look out the window and check.

[MarianJack]

30. If Comrade Trump texts me,...

than I'll block the number immediately. F**K HIM!

RESIST!

[summer_in_TX]

33. If we had a normal president, having a Presidential Alert

as part of the National Emergency Alert System would make sense. I feel sure (hope like crazy) that it'll be a pro forma alert for the test, until the next test in September 2019. I'm crossing my fingers that this will be the one and only time Trump's name will be associated with something like this.

Come on, Mueller!

[ecstatic]

35. If the supposed "adults in the room" want us to take a real emergency alert seriously,

having trump issue the alert would be a horrible mistake. trump has zero credibility with 2/3rds of the country! I don't trust or believe anything that comes out of his mouth.

[Niagara]

36. Me either

I don't think that my prepaid phone is WEA capable. It doesn't show the symbol that the FEMA website shows on the box that my phone came in.

My bill is due by midnight tomorrow. Just to be safe I'm not paying the bill until the 21st. By not paying on time, it will be inactive. I'm hoping with my phone being inactive, that I'm spared a WEA from Sid Syphilis.

[SWBTATTReg]

37. I wonder if everyone used their cell phones all at once, that the systems can't handle ...

the load that the emergency message would cause. Perhaps an expert on cell phone tower loads, etc. can comment?