"FCC gonna inspect our SOS texts like ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ can we stop the cringe alerts tho? ๐๐ #EmergencyMeme"
๐จ๐ฅ BREAKING NEWS ALERT! ๐จ๐ฅ The FCC is about to dive deep into the land of emergency alert systems in the USA! ๐ค๐ฅ Thatโs rightโ70% of you reading this probably didn't even know that EAS (Emergency Alert System) and WAS (Wireless Emergency Alerts) were still a thing, but guess what? THEY ARE! ๐ฑ๐ Chairman Brendan Carr, a man with a dream, declared on X (formerly Twitter) that itโs time to โre-examineโ these ancient alert systems that are older than your grandpaโs flip phone! ๐๐ด๐ผ Can someone say "dinosaur technology"? ๐ฆ๐ In fact, the EAS is chilling at a whopping 31 years old, while WAS is like, "Yo, Iโm still a pre-teen at 13!" ๐ณ But letโs be realโwho even sends alerts? Is it your mom texting โDinnerโs Ready!โ or the local weather dude throwing a fit about some rain? ๐ง๏ธ๐ โWe need to make sure these systems work, ya feel?โ said a leaked inside source at the FCC ๐ค๐โโ๏ธ. With the Texas floods killing more than 130 folks this summer, itโs time we stopped coasting like it's 1999 and started deploying some serious tech ๐ฅ. I mean, we have smart fridges that tell us when weโre low on milk, but we canโt send a decent warning about a tornado? ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Hot take: If they donโt get this sorted by next year, Iโm predicting a full meme invasion ๐ฆพโyour emergency alerts will be TikToks of cats screaming! ๐น๐พ Share this or you might miss the next big alert! ๐ฒ๐๐ธ #WakeUpFCC #ThisIsFine
