[af_vet_rr]

Your point is well taken... besides a nuclear attack or Marshall Law... what else is there? An asteroid? The government would never let us know if we were going to be hit by an asteroid.

Actually the one time this system was very nearly activated was 9/11. However, the head of FEMA decided that by the time it was clear that it was a matter of national security, that the networks/media were doing as good of a job or better of getting the word out.

[kennvido]

Dam straight...
Now, if we get hit with the reality of an EMP device... it won’t matter if the EAS system works.