British Columbians who subscribe to the province's Emergency Alert System had cause to wonder what was up this afternoon, that as alarms blared and an emergency message appeared on mobile devices ... though fortunately, the day's alert of just after the Noon Hour was not the real thing.
As it turned out, the Emergency Warning System had been activated by Human Error, providing for a re-broadcast of last week's official test of the system which took place one week ago.
BC's Emergency Preaparedness Program explained the situation shortly after the alert posting their update to their Twitter account.
The reaction of some of those who have signed up for the program however was one of some concern that the alert system could be activated with something as simple as a bit of human error, with some suggesting that it doesn't install a lot of confidence for those who may be relying on the program.
The British Columbia Alert program is operated by Alert-Ready, you can learn more about the program and how it's supposed to work from their website.
Notes on last weeks "official" test of the system can be reviewed here.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review.
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