Emergency Alert System, Direct from President
February 7, 2011, Submitted by: Ken Tweet
The familiar emergency alert system, the one where we in the U.S. occasionally hear a radio or television broadcast interruption that reassuringly reminds us that ‘this is only a test’… well, it has just been upgraded to enable emergency alert messaging direct from the President, or FEMA, and is ready to be tested soon in the U.S. The timing for the test is now being worked out.
From federalnewsradio.com, Lisa Fowlkes, deputy chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC, “The primary goal is to provide the President with a mechanism to communicate with American public during times of national emergency.”
First ever Presidential Alert to be aired across U.S. on nation’s Emergency Alert System
From the Homeland Security Bureau,
The Emergency Alert System is a national public warning system that requires broadcasters, cable television systems, wireless cable systems, satellite digital audio radio service providers, and direct broadcast satellite providers to provide the communications capability to the President to address the American public during a national emergency.
They are also working on a Next Generation Emergency Alert System that will become operational soon. It will complement other public alert and warning systems and will enable consumers to receive alerts through a variety of multi-media platforms on their smart-phones, blackberries and other mobile broadband devices.
Update: Audio recording of the first national Emergency Alert System test on November 9, 2011, as heard on WISN-TV in Milwaukee and the cable Emergency Alert System of Charter Communication’s Wisconsin headend.
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Cry Wolf…. As if we still listen to someone who has been running for an election for 5 yrs …. not to mention it would probably would be pre-recorded as he sits on a carpet eating a bowl of post toasties 5000 ft underground .
Hmmm….very interesting. Again, what do they know that they need to prepare this for that we don’t. Keep buying the three “B”s, (Beans, Bullets, Bullion)
Humm! Sounds like someone knows something is up just around the corner – New Madrid Earthquake drills are scheduled in May 2011. Humm just makes you wonder what HAARP has been up to lately. Seen any so called sundogs in the sky when there is NO, NO Rain clouds anywhere. HAARP – Earthquakes – Sundogs – Unseen Noises: I’m just saying……. The Truth is all around you. Just open your eyes.
May God Bless you keep looking up!
B – Basic
I – Informational
B – Book
L – Lifetime
E – Experiences
Well it came and went but it only lasted 30 sec in my neck of the woods
Yes, the gov’t agencies decided to reduce it to 30 seconds so as not to freak people out, like that old movie, War of the Worlds…
The Emergency Alert should have been activated in January 2008 during the inauguration and simply left running since then. We can recover from natural disasters but I am less confident in our ability to recover from this President and his nincompoop minions.
While trying not to drag this into bashing, I will say that I am of the opinion that both major political parties are of the same DNA.