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"FCC gonna inspect our SOS texts like ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ” can we stop the cringe alerts tho? ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’€ #EmergencyMeme"
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"FCC gonna inspect our SOS texts like ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ” can we stop the cringe alerts tho? ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’€ #EmergencyMeme"

August 07, 2025
3 months ago
Engadget
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฅ BREAKING NEWS ALERT! ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฅ The FCC is about to dive deep into the land of emergency alert systems in the USA! ๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ’ฅ Thatโ€™s rightโ€”70% 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! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ’€ Chairman Brendan Carr, a man with a dream, declared on X (formerly Twitter) that itโ€™s time to โ€œre-examineโ€ these ancient alert systems that are older than your grandpaโ€™s flip phone! ๐Ÿ“ž๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿผ Can someone say "dinosaur technology"? ๐Ÿฆ•๐Ÿ’” In fact, the EAS is chilling at a whopping 31 years old, while WAS is like, "Yo, Iโ€™m still a pre-teen at 13!" ๐Ÿ˜ณ But letโ€™s be realโ€”who even sends alerts? Is it your mom texting โ€œDinnerโ€™s Ready!โ€ or the local weather dude throwing a fit about some rain? ๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚ โ€œWe need to make sure these systems work, ya feel?โ€ said a leaked inside source at the FCC ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’โ€โ™‚๏ธ. With the Texas floods killing more than 130 folks this summer, itโ€™s time we stopped coasting like it's 1999 and started deploying some serious tech ๐Ÿ”ฅ. I mean, we have smart fridges that tell us when weโ€™re low on milk, but we canโ€™t send a decent warning about a tornado? ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ Hot take: If they donโ€™t get this sorted by next year, Iโ€™m predicting a full meme invasion ๐Ÿฆพโ€”your emergency alerts will be TikToks of cats screaming! ๐Ÿ˜น๐Ÿ‘พ Share this or you might miss the next big alert! ๐Ÿ“ฒ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ธ #WakeUpFCC #ThisIsFine

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#FCC#emergency alerts#communication systems#infrastructure#wireless alerts
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