WASHINGTON, D.C. (WENY) – The nation is going to have to wait a few more weeks before they could receive text messages from the president.

Originally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was going to do a first test of its system that allows the president to send a message to most American cell phones tomorrow.

Now, FEMA has announced the test will be pushed back to October 3 due to the ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Florence.

The Emergency Alert System, or EAS, is a national public warning system that provides the President with the ability to address the nation via text message during a national emergency.

When the test message is released, it will have a heading that reads “Presidential Alert”, according to FEMA.

Users whose phones are on will twice hear an alarm and vibration, then see a message saying: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”

The wireless emergency alert system was authorized by Congress in 2015 under the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act.

Some critics have voiced concerns that President Trump may use the system to send political messages; however, the law states “the system shall not be used to transmit a message that does not relate to a natural disaster, act of terrorism or other man-made disaster or threat to public safety”.