Some resident’s in the Dauphin area got an emergency alert test message an hour earlier than expected.
Mike Olczyk, the operations programs manager of the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization, explains what went on.
“Not just Dauphin. We heard anecdotally from residents in Winnipeg and Brandon that they received an alert at 12:55. So that would have been a scheduled alert that went out from Nunavut. They are looking into exploring why it was the alert for Nunavut at 12:55 did reach some wireless devices in Manitoba. They are looking into that, and hopefully, we’ll have some further information available in the coming days on that one.”
Most people then got the scheduled test at 1:55 this afternoon. The next test is scheduled for next May during emergency preparedness week.
