1. A method for responding to a broadcast of an emergency alert message, the method comprising: receiving, by a digital media server, from an entity remote from the digital media server, the broadcast emergency alert message; and thereafter, sending, by the digital media server, to a client device, a notification, wherein the digital media server is part of a residential Local Area Network, the client device server is part of the residential Local Area Network, the notification indicates that the digital media server has received an emergency alert message, and the client device has requested to the digital media server that, if the digital media server receives an emergency alert message, the client device is notified that the digital media server has received an emergency alert message.