(Portland, OR) -- Nearly a million phones in Multnomah County were supposed to receive a test emergency message Thursday afternoon. There were loud tones and a text message about Wireless Emergency Alert. It was in both English and Spanish. The county would use the system to send information during an emergency. If you were in Multnomah County and didn't receive the test, it could be that your phone was not set to receive them, it was on airplane mode, or connected to a virtual private network.