Posted on 11/08/2011 9:00:05 PM PST by STARWISE
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will run the first-ever Emergency Alert System (EAS) test for 30 seconds
Wednesday at 2 p.m. EST,
which will be used to inform Americans in the case of a national emergency.
*snip*
The alert, administered in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will be used to inform Americans in the event of a national emergency, should other modes of communication be unavailable.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Re: my last post...The explanation for blackberrys going down in Oct. was a broken switch? WTH?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/blackberry/8824912/BlackBerry-services-restored-worldwide.html
nothing to see here move along...
I think I’ll celebrate by turning everything off. Problem solved.
;)
Good idea .. take a nice, long walk.
He is now taxing Christmas trees. Is that big enough?
:D
Silver Shamrock!
Ever since Bush, but more so with Obama, I hear those things all the time. Also, sometimes all the channels on cable do it at the same time.
That initiall beep always scares the hell out of me.
The test today is the first ever national test of the EAS system, and it is the first national use of the “live code” EAN: Emergency Action Notification.
As the first test, the FCC has -informally- agreed that no penalties will be assessed for failures by stations or cable systems.
Stations do need to file reporting with the FCC so that failures can be identified and corrected.
Obama just flexing his muscles today, come next year we’ll probably have this happen for real .
No tinfoil required. ECOMCON has sprung to life.
From the Movie screen to your TV screen in a few decades, and thanks to a commie POTUS.
Obama’s voice will be in the warning?
Ok, my tin hat is on.
Guess they are setting the table for something.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
"The feds and cell phone companies are working on a text alert system, the Commercial Mobile Alert System and you won’t be able to opt out of a text from the president.
from: survivalstation.org
Lisa Fowlkes, deputy chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC, told FederalNewsRadio on Monday that the FCC is looking at how wireless broadband could also enhance the EAS as part of a recommendation that was in the FCC’s National Broadband Plan from last year. The idea is to hijack broadband and the internet for emergency alerting propaganda with the “Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) being developed by FEMA and the wireless industry,” according to Fowlkes.
The system would break into your computer or wireless device and broadcast presidential propaganda announcements, FEMA reports, so-called “Imminent Threat Alerts,” and AMBER Alerts.
Earlier this month, DHS unveiled a new terror alert system that will hijack social networking sites as one way of informing people of terrorist threat updates. “The new, two-tiered system will provide alerts that are more specific to the threat and even recommend certain actions or suggest that people look for specific suspicious behavior, she said. They also may be limited to a particular audience — such as law enforcement — rather than broadcast to the general public, and also will have a specified end date,” reported Information Week Government.
In December, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the expansion of the Department’s national “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign to hundreds of Walmart stores across the country — launching a new partnership between DHS and Walmart to help the American public play an active role in informing on each other. Thousands of Wamart stores will have telescreens pumping out government propaganda.
FEMA is also working on a new system that would send emergency alerts as text messages to wireless phone users. The system is still about two years away from full implementation, according to the agency.
CMAS is slated to begin deployment in April 2012.
Dear Customer:
On Wednesday, November 9 at 2 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), FEMA and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the nation's first ever Emergency Alert System (EAS) test. The purpose of this test is to help determine if the national-level system will work as designed, should officials ever need to send a national alert.
This test will last approximately three minutes and will be seen on all local, cable, and satellite TV stations across the country, as well as radio.
Here's What You Should Know
Your programming will be temporarily interrupted. However, as soon as the test ends, you will be returned to your regularly scheduled programming. While we do not anticipate an interruption in your service, in some rare cases, you may need to:
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| • | Power-cycle your cable box by unplugging the power cord from the outlet |
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| • | Wait thirty seconds and then plug it back in |
If zero gives the message, I hope to hear John Galt cut in.
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