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Emergency Alert System Test

Nationwide in USA in about half an hour.

Just in case you didn't know.

Better not interupt my cellar access is all I can say.

How weird will this be?

Do I need to have a TV or radio...will it be over the webz?????

I'm frightened and cold.

so, all you terrorists that want to get an attack in while the emergency systems are being ignored.... now's your chance!

duh.

Just like the tornadoes, on the second Wednesday of each month. Biding their time. Fuckers. I'm on to them!

I don't hear the sirens usually -especially on windy days and it is windy this afternoon. And i don't have the radio or tv on ....will I know? Will i get an emergency email or FB message? :lol:

Oh, just TV and radio.

Still, after all these years, we neglect to alert the po' folk. :headshake

Duty calls (hops on horse):

And I on the opposite shore will be
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm
For the country folk to be up and to arm.

I can't hear the tornado alarm at my house either. Unless it's sunny and 70 degrees and 0-10 mph winds.

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Originally Posted by jimhelm (Post 771375)

so, all you terrorists that want to get an attack in while the emergency systems are being ignored.... now's your chance!

duh.

reminds me of: SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

Minority Report and Double Indemnity.

highlight at your peril.

Well that was dumb. I had I Heart Radio in my ear, and the same old squawky beep as the other, more local (?) emergency alert sound came on, then a noise like either the ocean, or a tornado, or a nuclear bomb came on for a while, then the ending squawky beep.

that was it. I can see how prepared it will make me.

the station I was listening to had just started the news at the top of the hour. a female announcer voice began "The nations emergency alert-beeeeeeeeep" T'was funny!

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey (Post 771381)

Oh, just TV and radio.

Still, after all these years, we neglect to alert the po' folk. :headshake

...

That's why they hire those guys to walk around the ghettos with the big radios on their shoulders.

I heard nothing here. heard nothing saw nothing. I must be a ghostie.

Oregon Live.com
Nov 9, 2011

Where's the beep?
National emergency alert hits dead air in Oregon, southwest Washington

Quote:

Today's test of the National Emergency Alert System fizzled in Oregon and Southwest Washington,
launching engineers on a hunt for the problem.
The National Emergency Alert System was created to give the president
a way to speak directly to the American public during a dire emergency.

Federal officials transmitted the 30-second signal at 11 a.m. as planned
to "primary entry point" stations in every state and U.S. territory.
The stations then relayed the simulated alert to radio and TV stations throughout their regions.

In Oregon, the signal arrived at Oregon Public Broadcasting studios in Portland,
where an apparent equipment failure ended the test before it started.
"Everything looked like it should have relayed the signal -- but it did not,"
said Becky Chinn, OPB communications director.
"It didn't go to other broadcasters, or even on OPB's air.
"Our engineers will spending the afternoon trying to figure out exactly what happened."

But the best remark was:

Quote:

"Of course, this is why we do tests," Johnstone said.
"But why didn't we do this 20 years ago?"

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ETA: Did the national Emergency Alert System mistakenly play Lady Gaga?

Christian Science Monitor

FEMA sent out a live emergency alert notification that was supposed to be
accompanied by a 'this is only a test' disclaimer Wednesday.
The disclaimer did not always happen.
Some observers said they heard a Lady Gaga song instead.

So, if not Lady Gaga, what song should the emergency warning play?

How about theme songs for each disaster?

Hurricane - Bob Dylan
The Twist - Chubby Checker (for tornadoes)

What else?

Somewhere Over The Rainbow for nice days following a tornado.

Or for wicked witch attacks from the sky.

Blowin' In the Wind for straight line winds.

Flying Purple People Eater for alien attacks.

Powder Finger for civil war-era boat attacks.

If Lady Gaga is playing on my radio I know something is very very wrong.

Springsteen - Lost in the Flood

I like lady GaGa and I'm a :crone:

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 771950)

If Lady Gaga is playing on my radio I know something is very very wrong.

Agreed. That would be the sign of a very serious disaster.

Post-nuclear disaster: Forever Autumn by Justin Hayward (Moody Blues...which is a great theme band. I'll be moody and blue too, wouldn't you, if the world blew?)

I was in New York City in some pizza joint grabbing a slice. They had television on, with no sound, so I saw the text announcement, but don't know if they ran the real audio or Lady Gaga.

And it should have played ... "All Along the Watchtower."