HOUSTON – Don’t be alarmed, but 2.3 million residents’ cell phones are expected to receive an emergency alert from the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system in Houston on Friday, according to the City of Houston Office of Emergency Management.
Houston OEM said on Sept. 5, at 11 a.m., it will send a wireless emergency alert to all residents or cellphones inside the county’s geographic area and city boundaries.
Brian Mason, deputy director and emergency management coordinator for the city of Houston, said the new warning system will look and sound like an Amber Alert but will say it’s Public Safety Alert and “This is a test.”…