If you live in Florida, you were more than likely awakened early Thursday morning by an emergency alert notification on your cell phone – only to find out that there was no emergency; instead, it was a test alert that was mistakenly sent out.
If you live in Florida, you were likely awakened by a loud emergency alert that was sent by mistake to cell phones early Thursday morning. The Florida Division of Emergency Management apologized for the incident in a tweet Thursday morning, saying the Emergency Alert System was intended to go out on TV.
Typically, only a few agencies have the ability to request and send out emergency notifications to cell phones, and they're usually for imminent situations, such as severe weather warnings, an AMBER Alert for a missing child, public safety alerts, or a national emergency. "We know a 4:45 AM wake up call isn't ideal," the tweet stated. "Each month, we test #emergencyalerts on a variety of platforms. This alert was supposed to be on TV, and not disturb anyone already sleeping."
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