Anti-Vaxxers Think an Emergency Phone Alert Will Cause a Zombie Apocalypse. Miles Klee. ... (The Emergency Broadcast System, or EBS, was replaced by the EAS in 1997.) The wireless portion, ...

As the US prepares for an emergency alert test, Anti-Vaxxers are voicing their concerns that the planned broadcast will trigger a "zombie apocalypse." A post shared by a QAnon influencer in a ...

If you’ve been car shopping lately, or even if you’ve just been paying attention to the news, you’ll probably be at least somewhat familiar with the kerfuffle over AM radio. The i… ...

On Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. EDT, the zombie apocalypse was supposed to begin, not with a bang, but with an unpleasant screeching sound coming from every phone in the United States.* ­­­­At that ...

The first national emergency broadcasting system in the U.S. was created in 1951 as a way for the government to use radio networks to warn the nation of an enemy attack during the Cold War.

Today was the day for the US government’s big emergency alert drill, which sent a test message to every TV, radio and cell phone in the nation. Starting at approximately 2:20 pm ET on Wednesday ...

Claim: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate nanoparticles such as graphene oxide that have been introduced into people’s ...

An errant Emergency Broadcast System transmission made television watchers and radio listeners worry about the threat of nuclear war on Feb. 20, 1971.

He wrote, "Apple is going to do an update on all phones to shut off the emergency broadcast system. This is Nazi Germany 1938. Turn your auto update toggle off." ...

The Emergency Broadcast System replaced the CONELRAD system on August 5th, 1963. In later years, it was expanded for use during peacetime emergencies at the state and local levels.

The early morning alert was a test but the outrage was real. Many in Florida were woken up at 4:45 a.m. on Thursday by a notification on their phones from the Emergency Alert System: “TEST ...

These alerts are different than the Wireless Emergency Alerts, which come through on cell phones. The EAS was established on Jan. 1. 1997 and replaced the older Emergency Broadcast System (EBS).