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A message like this should pop up on your phone on Oct. 4, 2023. Jeff Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThe Wireless Emergency Alert system is scheduled to have its third nationwide test on Oct. 4, 2023. The Wireless Emergency Alert system is a public safety system that allows authorities to alert people via their mobile devices of dangerous weather, missing children and other situations requiring public attention. Similar tests in 2018 and 2021 caused a degree of