http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/technology/personaltech/how-those-wireless-emergency-alerts-find-you.html 2016-09-28 20:20:42 How Those Wireless Emergency Alerts Find You Officials can push out emergency alerts for weather conditions and even warnings about wanted individuals, but not everybody gets the same messages. === Q. A. According to the Federal Communications Commission Targeting the alerts to precise geographic areas means that people in Indianapolis do not get flood warnings meant for residents of the Gulf Coast, or even those for nearby Kentucky. If you are visiting a place that is in an emergency situation, your phone should get the alert messages even though you don’t live there. About 100 wireless carriers The emergency alerts are free and usually enabled on a phone by default, and they do not count against any text-message limits in your monthly data plan. Although the alerts resemble