FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will conduct the first nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test on November 9, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.
The alert notice I got at work said something to the effect of this being different than the EBS tests we are used to, and to not panic. I gather this will show up on about every medium possible, all TV channels, all radio stations, etc. Therefore, they ARE expecting people to think it is a real alert and get excited, so…
This is only a test of the Emergency Broadcast System, I repeat this is only a test. If this had been a real emergency then sit down, put your head between…
Well, you know the rest.
Some of us remember the old Duck & Cover drills we had at school in the event of a nukie attack by the USSR, duck under your desk and cover your head, yea, that would help if a nukie went off.
Who remembers the Civilian Observer Corps or was it the Civilian Observation Corps. Supposed to spot high flying aircraft and report the sighting.
The manual system we have to day has worked well for over 50 years. I don’t like the idea of our airways being hijacked without local control. What’s next? Shut down all of the vehicles on the road with OnStar or whatever else is available today. Central control of our power grid? Turn off the flow of all of the dams that provide good tail-water fishing. NO FISHING ----- BUMMER.
Please forgive my twisted mind, but is it really a good idea to test all these systems at the same time? Wouldn’t this be the ideal time to do something bad?
I’m with you on this one. Especially after we’ve told the whole world exactly when we’ll be doing the test. With enough advance notice some very nasty stuff could be planned.
Call me skeptical but I really don’t understand why this is necessary. If a “national emergency” or something so catastophic were to happen or about to happen in the immediate hours, what will be transmitted: ‘Everyone on the coasts, bend over and ****. Central US you have 2 hours to ****.’? I mean really, if something like this is beneficial, why wasn’t it used on 9/11/2001? Communication is such that anything that needs to be communicated can be done without the government taking over all of the airwaves.
I know what you mean but I do think they need to perfect their warning systems. I am mainly thinking of the tornadoes that slam into central and southern US. IF they could perfect a warning system that would alert people instantly then hundreds of lives may be saved each year. Right now, even with sirens and such many people have no idea their world is about to get torn up and their lives are at risk.
When the worst happens is not the time to be testing the systems. We didn’t use it on 9-11-01 because we didn’t have it. If you don’t test it you don’t find the bugs.
My son was sitting in a high school class when they ran an armed intruder drill, his substitute teacher thinking it was a fire drill insisted that all the kids leave the class room. My point is if you don’t test you don’t find our where the bugs are.