>Unannounced Verizon Emergency Alert Causes Panic In New Jersey
Scared citizens flood 911 boards with anxious calls
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Monday, December 12, 2011
An unannounced test of a soon to be mandatory emergency alert system caused panic in New Jersey today after Verizon customers received text messages warning them that a “civil emergency” was in progress and to “take shelter,” prompting alarmed citizens to flood 911 lines with anxious calls.
However, media reports concerning the alarm completely ignore the fact that Verizon was almost certainly running a test for the federal government’s soon to be mandatory PLAN alert program, which the company has signed up for.
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