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FEMA,FCC Announce Nationwide (November 9, the public will hear a message("This is a test." )
FEMA ^ | June 9th, 2011

Posted on 10/12/2011 12:40:29 PM PDT by TaraP

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1 posted on 10/12/2011 12:40:32 PM PDT by TaraP
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To: TaraP
JUST SAYIN: The close Earth approach of 2005 YU55 on Nov. 8, is unusual since it is close and big.

All,

Dropping everything now to go stock up on tinfoil. Back later.

FRegards

2 posted on 10/12/2011 12:49:49 PM PDT by newheart (When does policy become treason?)
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To: TaraP

Elenin?


3 posted on 10/12/2011 12:54:39 PM PDT by Larry Lucido ("#Occupy America" is a great success! I got mail today addressed to "Occupant"!)
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To: newheart

The asteroid will come no closer than 202,000 miles to the Earth, and there is no chance of it hitting the earth for at least the next 100 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_YU55


4 posted on 10/12/2011 12:57:15 PM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America will survive this Obamination.)
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To: newheart

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5 posted on 10/12/2011 1:00:09 PM PDT by Larry Lucido ("#Occupy America" is a great success! I got mail today addressed to "Occupant"!)
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To: TaraP

I’ll be sure and tune to 640 on my dial. Or was it 1240?


6 posted on 10/12/2011 1:22:51 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

CONELRAD


7 posted on 10/12/2011 1:35:03 PM PDT by Roccus (Obama & Holder LLP, Procurers of fine arms to the most discerning drug lords (202) 456-1414)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

CONELRAD


8 posted on 10/12/2011 1:42:17 PM PDT by namvolunteer (We draw the Congressional districts this time)
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To: TaraP

To be quite honest, this is a GOOD idea.

When the EAS was the good ol’ EBS, to the best of my knowledge it was NEVER tested on a national scale. If you worked at a radio station, you were supposed to be up on any situation the EBS could throw at you. (As a former deejay, I did happen to read the EBS Manual the FCC provided to all radio stations. I even played our station’s “end of the world” cart tape to hear what it sounded like. Chilled me to the bone.)

A national test of the EAS could show if there are any bugs in the system and to see if it actually works as planned. Yes, those who think this could be a way for Barry the Boob to issue ‘proclamations’ will think what they will, but I still think it’s a good idea.


9 posted on 10/12/2011 1:51:49 PM PDT by hoagy62 (The United States of America. Great idea...while it lasted.)
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To: Larry Lucido

Very funny..

Time will only tell IMHO....


10 posted on 10/12/2011 2:04:51 PM PDT by TaraP (An APPEASER is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last)
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To: hoagy62

Do you remember what the EOTW message said? Can you tell us?


11 posted on 10/12/2011 2:09:27 PM PDT by jusduat (probably lost)
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To: TaraP

Sooo- Barry the Imposter is giving us a year’s warning that he will declare Martial Law??? Good luck, phony.


12 posted on 10/12/2011 2:28:44 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Deo volente; Larry Lucido
The asteroid will come no closer than 202,000 miles to the Earth, and there is no chance of it hitting the earth for at least the next 100 years.

Thank goodness. I feel much better. Although with the words "Advertise Here" in Larry's post I was afraid it was some kind of nefarious bloggers conspiracy.

;-)

13 posted on 10/12/2011 5:28:07 PM PDT by newheart (When does policy become treason?)
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To: hoagy62
I, too, worked behind the mic during the Cold War years, and I also carefully reviewed the EBS bill. Scary stuff.

Aircheck, Bob Sievers, WOWO-AM 1190, Fort Wayne Ind., 20 February 1971:
One of the most frightening moments in broadcasting history

What happened and what it was like

14 posted on 10/12/2011 5:59:14 PM PDT by Shalmaneser
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To: jusduat

It just was basically from a script provided by the FCC that said that it was a national emergency as ordered by the President. It also said we’d remain on the air and would pass on important information and news, and to stand by for further instructions. It was designed to be played over and over again until either A) we’d received further instructions or B) we vaporized in a nuclear fireball.

When you’re sitting in a radio studio, you’re alone, and it’s 2 o’clock in the morning, and you’re listening to this...it’ll give you the screaming willies.

I actually DID have to relay an EBS message once. It was weather-related. I was alone on a weekend, and it was dark, rainy, and windy. All of a sudden, I hear the two-tone EBS signal go off BEHIND me. I nearly jumped out of my skin! What happened was that we monitored the Primary station for our area and when THEY fire off the tone, the monitor triggered in our instrument rack behind the operator and relayed the tone and message until we reset it when the message was done. Our engineer rigged a tape recorder to automatically start whenever the monitor went off. All I had to do was rewind the tape, cue it to the message, pot down the music, and say in my most serious and stentorian tones...

“We interrupt this program for a local emergency. Important information will follow.”

I then hit the EBS Tone button on our board, waited until it stopped, then played the message. It was something about high winds and power outages. When it was done, I fired a station ID and played the next song in rotation. After I’d logged it, I then attempted to re-start my heart and get my breath back with the firm knowledge that I NEVER wanted to do that ever again.


15 posted on 10/13/2011 1:21:10 AM PDT by hoagy62 (The United States of America. Great idea...while it lasted.)
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To: Shalmaneser

I’ve heard that aircheck before. I can only imagine what was going through their heads as this unfolded.

And, when I read the website that you posted with all the links about what happened that day, I found out I was ‘sort-of’ wrong about the system having never been tested nationally. In 1956, there was a national test of the CONELRAD system. It wasn’t the same as the EBS, but it was national, and stations actually signed off or re-tuned to their assigned CONELRAD frequencies. It only lasted about 15 minutes.


16 posted on 10/13/2011 1:31:09 AM PDT by hoagy62 (The United States of America. Great idea...while it lasted.)
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To: Shalmaneser

Wild. I had never heard of that before. Of course I was only a year old at the time.


17 posted on 10/13/2011 3:14:38 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: hoagy62

Thanks for telling us. You write well, it was a good read.


18 posted on 10/13/2011 12:10:50 PM PDT by jusduat (probably lost)
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To: Deo volente

that.s where you are wrong it will pass .099 ld
which would make it about 2000 miles


19 posted on 10/13/2011 1:15:23 PM PDT by 11x11
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To: TaraP

I also did some research into the national test. Some things i learned:

1) Neither voice nor image of Barry the Boob will be used in this test. Thank God for small favors.

2) The message is going to be audio only. TV stations will be carrying it, but there is NO standard format for what the station will show on screen...some will be blank. I can just imagine some 80-year-old grandma who had no clue this was coming down, seeing her TV go blank and hearing the activation “quacks” and having a good solid heart attack, thinking it’s Doomsday.

3) State and local emergency messages are limited at all times to 2 minutes. Presidential messages are unlimited. For the sake of this test, it will last 3 minutes.

4) They plan on doing this every year.


20 posted on 10/13/2011 2:15:40 PM PDT by hoagy62 (The United States of America. Great idea...while it lasted.)
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