U.S. Government to conduct National test of Emergency Alert System tomorrow..

I thought this was weird too when I saw a story in our local news.

Nationwide EAS test set for Wednesday

[link to www.kwch.com]

Terrorists, asteroids, ET's, Oh My!

I did find this while doing a search on it:

"September is National Preparedness Month."

[link to www.multichannel.com]

Another interesting fact I discovered in another article:

"While the capability for the President of the United States exists as the top-level entry point for an emergency alert message, it has never been activated or used. Because of that, on Nov. 20, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) decided to run an actual 'live test' of the system at 2 p.m. EST. During that test, instead of using test codes to activate the system, the actual live codes that the President would use in the event of a national emergency would be used to trigger the system.

. . .

This Wednesday, on September 28, at precisely 2:20 p.m. EDT, another test message will be inserted at the Primary Entry Point, the President of United States, and a "live code" will be used.

. . .

According to the FCC EAS handbook for AM and FM stations (pdf), the actual message you hear may be this:

'This is an Emergency Action Notification. All broadcast stations and cable systems shall transmit this Emergency Action Notification Message. This station has interrupted its regular programming at the request of the White House to participate in the Emergency Alert System.

During this emergency, most stations will remain on the air providing news and information to the public in assigned areas. This is (station call name). We will continue to serve the (EAS local area name) area. If you are not in this local area, you should tune to stations providing news and information for your local area. You are listening to the Emergency Alert System serving the (EAS local area name) area.

Do not use your telephone. The telephone lines should be kept open for emergency use.'"

[link to www.networkworld.com] (emphasis added).

Last Edited by TrustNoOneKS on 09/27/2016 12:49 PM

That's funny, we get monthly test over the broadcast stations here in Sunny California...

Every Wednesday where I live.

Maybe the're expecting an alien invasion.

will keep an eye out tomorrow

Test just went off on my TV.