Something I think is important to point out I have not heard or seen yet.
Many engineers or other broadcast employee was standing by the EAS unit just because this has been planned for a long time. Now, many radio and TV stations and computer controlled as are other communication entities (satellites, cable TV) that were suppose to participate. What happens when there IS a national emergency and it’s 3am and no one is standing by? That EAS better work on it own. So, now we must ask, of the ones that WORKED today, how many worked on there own merit with no outside help from a human hand? The number of successful EAS tests today probably drastically decreases.
Ours did. The EAS computer can be set on auto to broadcast over the air even when no one is at the station.