All,
Dropping everything now to go stock up on tinfoil. Back later.
FRegards
Elenin?
I’ll be sure and tune to 640 on my dial. Or was it 1240?
To be quite honest, this is a GOOD idea.
When the EAS was the good ol’ EBS, to the best of my knowledge it was NEVER tested on a national scale. If you worked at a radio station, you were supposed to be up on any situation the EBS could throw at you. (As a former deejay, I did happen to read the EBS Manual the FCC provided to all radio stations. I even played our station’s “end of the world” cart tape to hear what it sounded like. Chilled me to the bone.)
A national test of the EAS could show if there are any bugs in the system and to see if it actually works as planned. Yes, those who think this could be a way for Barry the Boob to issue ‘proclamations’ will think what they will, but I still think it’s a good idea.
Sooo- Barry the Imposter is giving us a year’s warning that he will declare Martial Law??? Good luck, phony.
I also did some research into the national test. Some things i learned:
1) Neither voice nor image of Barry the Boob will be used in this test. Thank God for small favors.
2) The message is going to be audio only. TV stations will be carrying it, but there is NO standard format for what the station will show on screen...some will be blank. I can just imagine some 80-year-old grandma who had no clue this was coming down, seeing her TV go blank and hearing the activation “quacks” and having a good solid heart attack, thinking it’s Doomsday.
3) State and local emergency messages are limited at all times to 2 minutes. Presidential messages are unlimited. For the sake of this test, it will last 3 minutes.
4) They plan on doing this every year.
Someone on another website pointed out that 11/9/38 was the date of Kristallnacht.
Weird coincidence, isn’t it?