REMINDER: Tomorrow, 10/3 at 2:18 PM EDT, there will be a nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert system, in coordination w/ @FCC. You’ll get a message on your phone with a tone & vibration. This is not a text & your phone number is not shared with anyone. pic.twitter.com/317vmFA1vY
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 2, 2018
I really just wanted to post this tweet
— Caprice Conley ???????? (@CapriceFilms) October 3, 2018

“And you can’t block it.” That’s the part that gets me; if I don’t want to receive these messages, I still have no choice, other than getting rid of my cell phone.
If you’re old enough, you remember Conelrad.
Same thing.