Nationwide emergency alert test set for Wednesday morning

If you are anywhere near or within earshot of a cellphone, a radio or TV on Wednesday morning, you will hear the jarring sound of an emergency alert.

The nationwide emergency alert test is expected to come at 11:20 a.m. in California, Vacaville Fire Department officials said in a social media post.

If your mobile phone is on and within range of an active cell tower from a participating wireless provider, you should receive the national test.Editorial: Don’t let PG&E further gouge its 16 million customers The message will read: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”

Phones with the main menu set to Spanish will display: “ESTA ES UNA PRUEBA del Sistema Nacional de Alerta de Emergencia. No se necesita acción.

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