If you receive an emergency alert text on your phone today, don’t freak out.
Alert Ready, Canada’s national emergency alert system, is scheduled for a public test for today.
Manitobans are scheduled to receive the alert at 1:55 this afternoon.
During the system’s first test in May of 2018, only 60 percent of Manitobans received the alert.
When asked about the issues with the reach of the test, the company that operates the test-Pelmorex, said that one LTE compatible smartphones will receive the alerts.
The system is designed to send out rapid messages to citizens in the event of an imminent threat to public safety, such as a natural disaster.
All phones sold in the country since April 6th of this year should be public alerting compatible.
The alerts will also be sent over TV and radio.
