Every TV and radio in America will go on emergency alert on November 17, as governments across the West ask their citizens to stock up and prepare. FEMA and the FCC set the National Emergency Alert System test for 2:20 PM ET on November 17, with December 3 as a backup; It only affects transmissions, not phones, and this is the test that federal law requires every few years. What is different is everything around him. Britain launched a campaign on October 22 asking 68 million people to keep three days' worth of water, uncooked food and cash at home, with its defense minister citing cyber attacks and state-sponsored threats; Germany recommends ten days; The EU has a 72-hour scheme; Washington has told the Gulf to prepare for an Iranian response in energy and infrastructure after the midterm elections.

Every TV and radio in America will go on emergency alert on November 17, as governments across the West ask their citizens to stock up and prepare. FEMA and the FCC set the National Emergency Alert System test for 2:20 PM ET on November 17, with December 3 as a backup; It only affects transmissions, not phones, and this is the test that federal law requires every few years. What is different is everything around him. Britain launched a campaign on October 22 asking 68 million people to keep three days' worth of water, uncooked food and cash at home, with its defense minister citing cyber attacks and state-sponsored threats; Germany recommends ten days; The EU has a 72-hour scheme; Washington has told the Gulf to prepare for an Iranian response in energy and infrastructure after the midterm elections.