FEMA Plans First-Ever Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test (Nov 9, 2PM EST)

[Nirvikalpa]

On November 9, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct the first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), a test that will last for approximately three minutes.

The EAS is a system designed to transmit emergency alerts and warnings to the public at the national, state, and local levels.

EAS participants broadcast alerts and warnings regarding severe weather, child abductions and other types of emergencies. EAS alerts are transmitted over radio and television broadcast stations, cable television and other media services.

Although local and state components of the EAS are tested on a weekly and monthly basis, there has never been a nationwide test or a national activation of the system.

Unlike the monthly tests, the national test will occur almost simultaneously on almost all TV and radio stations.

Read more: http://www.nlc.org/news-center/nati...t-ever-nationwide-emergency-alert-system-test

 

[Anti Federalist]

Joy...

I feel safer already...

 

[donnay]

9/9/11 how very quaint the date they pick!

 

[QueenB4Liberty]

It's 11-9-11.

 

[Humanae Libertas]

Just gives me another reason not to have my TV on.

 

[phill4paul]

Money Bomb? Give 'em something to sniff out anyway.

 

[Nirvikalpa]

Today, y'all.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

ETA < 20 Minutes to

 

[moostraks]

timely bump...

 

[phill4paul]

Still anxiously awaiting word from my overlords....

 

[Nirvikalpa]

What a fail. It was all static, and you couldn't hear a word they said. Good job, gov't, as usual.

ok, whoa... there apparently was 2 tests, the one that just occurred was NOT the first one...

 

[moostraks]

What a fail. It was all static, and you couldn't hear a word they said. Good job, gov't, as usual.

lol...ds and I were saying the same thing...

 

[Romulus]

Iphones and Internet next?

 

[UtahApocalypse]

What a fail. It was all static, and you couldn't hear a word they said. Good job, gov't, as usual.

ok, whoa... there apparently was 2 tests, the one that just occurred was NOT the first one...

We still have not had the EAS come through in Muskegon Michigan........

 

[phill4paul]

We still have not had the EAS come through in Muskegon Michigan........

Nothing here in N.C. either. Turned it on just to feel safe and secure and now nothing.

 

[CaseyJones]

Iphones and Internet next?

yes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...and-the-phone/2011/11/09/gIQAlYGR5M_blog.html

 

[evadmurd]

I feel safer already :-(

 

[tsai3904]

Here in LA, the test is still on. The screen has been stuck on "THIS IS A TEST" with the audio of commercials playing in the background since 11 AM PT. I can't change channels too.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

 

[moostraks]

Interesting...I turned it off when I saw the first one ended so don't know if we had a second one here. Black screen and garbled announcer on the first one, no fancy screen...