Amish Cell Phone Users “Outed” By Emergency Alert Test

Remember all the hub-bub over that emergency alert test last week? It interrupted meetings and lunches, and startled some people. To my knowledge, no one was turned into Covid-shot zombies. But not EVERYBODY made it out unscathed. There WAS a group who experienced unintended consequences thanks to the E.A.S. test . . . members of the Amish community. There are reports of some Amish people being shunned, after last week’s emergency alert OUTED their hidden cell phones. One former Amish guy, says that a few of his Amish friends are dealing with backlash, because they had their phones on vibrate, or with the sound off, but didn’t realize the alert would still make a loud sound. In some Amish communities, this might be a minor offense, but in others, being “shunned” is significant, and could involve a difficult separation of the person from the community for an extended period of time.