The state of Pennsylvania on Friday said in an “extreme” emergency alert that 911 lines are down across the state, sending alerts to residents’ phones.
State officials are urging people who are having problems calling 911 to call “their local 911 center” on their non-emergency phone lines, according to an alert that was seen by The Epoch Times.
The alert asked residents to check their counties’ social media pages and websites for more information. Officials designated the alert as “extreme.”
An Epoch Times reporter who lives and works in New York state and who has a phone number with a New York City area code received the alert at around 3:35 p.m. ET….