FCC: PRESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY ALERTS TO BE TESTED (Drudge Headline Only

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Druge Headline only.

[camerongood210]

Any idea what this means, specifically?

[artificial intelligence]

We have county sheriff’s alerts tested once a month on the radio.

[luv2ndamend]

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=15&sid=2262066

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Dear Reader wants to check and see if he can Read to us anytime he wants

[Izzy Dunne]

It’s coming up on 3 A.M., and they want to see if the phone rings OK.

[artificial intelligence]

Mao in his regular communications?

[tcrlaf]

Presidential-alert capabilities tested for first time

Jan 7, 2010 3:32 PM, By Donny Jackson
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Federal and state agencies worked in cooperation with broadcasters to conduct a statewide exercise of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in Alaska yesterday, marking the first time that the system has been tested for communicating presidential alerts.

While the EAS public-warning system is tested and used regularly by state and local authorities to communicate AMBER alerts and severe-weather information, the Alaska exercise marked the first time that the presidential-alert capability has been tested since being established in 1994, FCC spokesman Rob Kenny said.

“It’s never been tested before on a planned basis or a coordinated effort,” Kenny said. “We wanted to determine the ability of a state to handle [a presidential alert] and participants to transmit it.”

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the FCC, the state of Alaska, and the Alaska Broadcasters’ Association participated in the test. Radio/TV broadcasters and cable operators ran several public-service announcements for more than two weeks to prepare Alaska residents for yesterday’s event.

“Periodically exercising our communications capabilities is an important step to ensure that we, as a country, are prepared for an emergency,” FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said in a statement. “This is only a test, but it also serves as an important reminder that just as our federal, state, and local teams are taking steps to be prepared, so should families across our country.

http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/news/presidential-alert-testing-20100107/

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ECOMCON and the Preakness except this time the President tries to overthrow the military.

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“The primary goal is to provide the President with a mechanism to communicate with American public during times of national emergency,” said Fowlkes.

They’ll be testing every Monday thru Friday from 12 noon to 3pm until after the 2012 election.

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Do we get test patterns everywhere we look then?

[rarestia]

Same old emergency broadcast tests but they’re going to impart a Presidential message, I suppose. We get these test alerts on domestic WX bands and AM/FM radio.

[luv2ndamend]

I thought that the courts told the gov. to back off of their take over of the internet? Hmm

[Spunky]

From article" "Now that there's a rule in place, said Fowlkes, the next challenges are going to be working with all the stakeholders on timing of the test and to reach out to the public so they understand it's a test and not a real emergency."

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I say ignore it and mock it, obama isn’t a legal POTUS.

All the fears will come to be if we allow ourselves to fear obama.

He shames the office of the President of the United States.

[grobdriver]

“Achtung, achtung, all your money is belong to me!”

[dfwgator]

the next challenges are going to be working with all the stakeholders on timing of the test and to reach out to the public so they understand it's a test and not a real emergency."

I picture something like the Fire Drill from Fawlty Towers.

[JimRed]

Everybody has heard the national Emergency Alert System (EAS). Those familiar "duck calls" that reassure listeners "THIS is a test...this is ONLY a test..."

The FCC is planning an upgrade to the tests by including presidential announcements in the system.

The announcement that the internet is being shut down "in the public interest" will come that way.

[freekitty]

Obama setting himself up to be Dear Leader.

[DannyTN]

Top 6 signs you could be having a "Presidential Emergency".

1. Joe Biden issues confused statement about being next in line in control of Delaware.
2. Hezbollah goes into mourning.
3. Hillary pulls FBI files on Joe Biden.
4. Chavez, blames CIA for Obama downfall.
5. Price of oil goes down.
6. Supreme Court agrees to hear eligibility case.
7. Mubarak promises not to interfere in American politics and then demands Obama step down.