This is a Chicken Little alert! Take cover!
Suspend normal programming...
“This is a not a test. This station, KVOL, is conducting a full-fledge volcano eruption alert of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is not a test.”
(The special attention signal is sent. Broadcast the two-tone Attention signal from the EBS encoder for 20 to 25 seconds.)
“This is not a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters of your area in voluntary cooperation with the Federal, State and local authorities have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an actual volcano emergency that could happen at any time. If this had been an actual emergency, the Attention Signal you just heard would have been followed by official information, news or instructions. This station, KVOL, serves the sothern Italy area. This concludes this Chicken Little test of the Emergency Broadcast System.”
>>>This is a Chicken Little alert! Take cover!
I knew looking at the topic someone would take that tack. Media sensationalism aside, it’s happened before and will happen again. The Mediterranean Ring of Fire has many active volcanoes, and periodically they blow up big.
Look up what happened to the Minoans. The same tsunamis hit half the Med’s shores hard.
It’s like the Yellowstone situation. You know it will happen one day. You just don’t know precisely when.