You’re about to get a DM from the City of Denver (or already got one, if you’re reading this after 11 a.m.).

The city’s Office of Emergency Management is testing two emergency alert systems on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

One automatically pings every phone tied to Denver-based cell towers.

The other is an opt-in service that allows residents to get emergency notifications for specific areas and is not tied to geography. That means even if you’re traveling, you could still get alerted to important local updates, like shelter-in-place orders.

Loa Esquilin-Garcia, spokesperson for Denver Emergency Management, said her office tests geographic-based alerts each year. It’s been about two years since the opt-in system was tested.

“We always think it’s a good thing. Let’s go ahead and test the syste

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