[Revel]

I wonder if that is going on in other major city's ? Someone is pushing it. It could be Federal or it could be at the state level.

[texasbluebell]

I wonder too if it's going one elsewhere. Must be.

These were 2 different types of alert too. The first one was the usual one I always see here, but the 2nd one was quite different, just a different background and different look to it, and not one that I've seen before.

And it seemed to be faulty, the 2nd one, because you could barely hear the announcer, it was almost silent, as if they hadn't had any practice with that one.

[JustPiper]

Strong storm buffets California

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Californians hunkered down Wednesday as a potent winter storm muscled its way into the Los Angeles area after battering the northern half of the state.

Several thousand Bay Area residents were without power and air travel in and out of San Francisco International Airport continued to see sometimes lengthy delays.

In Sacramento, a woman narrowly avoided serious injury when an 85-foot tree crashed into her bedroom. Firefighters said the woman had been making her bed when she heard a cracking noise and walked to a nearby window to see what was going on.

Folks living in the mountain areas outside Los Angeles and San Diego were warned mudslides and heavy runoff were possible in the areas scorched by last fall's wildfires.

Motorists were given the ususal advice to reduce their speed and stay away from flooded intersections. They were also urged to avoid the mountains where heavy snow was expected.