to prepare to potentially evacuate on Wednesday

[GoldfishLord]

South Korea’s capital woke to the sound of air raid sirens and a “wartime alert” to prepare to potentially evacuate on Wednesday after North Korea claimed to have fired a space launch vehicle towards the south.

Source: UK Telegraph

Seoul wakes to 'wartime alert' as North Korea fires space launch vehicle

Loudspeaker warnings boomed across the city and residents received evacuation alerts via text message

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Is "on Wednesday" a part of a to-infinitive phrase that begins with "to".

 

[jutfrank]

I don't understand the question very well.

I think you're asking whether Wednesday is the day that the air raid happened or the day to evacuate. Is that right?

 

[GoldfishLord]

I wonder if "on Wednesday" goes with "evacuate".

 

[jutfrank]

No, it goes with woke to the sound of air raid sirens.

It's extremely likely, however, that any evacuation would happen on the same day.

 

[SoothingDave]

No, it goes with woke to the sound of air raid sirens.

It's extremely likely, however, that any evacuation would happen on the same day.

Incoming missiles are not like hurricanes where you have days to evacuate.

 

[emsr2d2]

On Wednesday, they woke up to two things:
1. an air raid siren
2. a "wartime alert" to prepare to evacuate.

 

[GoldfishLord]

Is 'woke to the sound of air raid sirens and a “wartime alert”' the short form of "woke to the sound of air raid sirens and the sound of a war time alert"?

 

[jutfrank]

Probably not, no.

I suppose the alert was a written message, probably a text message.