[californiadisasters] Re: Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System in 2 Minutes!

Rick - went a bit beyond licensed broadcast stations in that it also included all cable providers too. Like you I am not surprised that there were some glitches given that this is the first ever test. In my opinion they should do a test like this quarterly.

The Cable industry would fight regular tests tooth and nail however. You could not believe all the grief I went through to test my local override system with our local cable company. In my part of the world CATV companies are trying to eliminate the override systems that exist. The only time I actually attempted to override for real, not a test, I found the CATV company had disconnected the dedicated phone line (that was for a tornado warning).

Jerry - I think the test now was simply due to the fact that it was long overdue, elections are coming up and Obama did not want egg on his face if there should be a problem. Nothing huge going on in the world right now (unless Israel get edgy about possible Iranian nukes and sends some instant sunshine Irans's way)

--- In californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com, Rick Bates <HappyMoosePhoto@...> wrote:
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> In order to fix anything, you have to find out where it is broken.
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> I'm not surprised that it failed. It was the FIRST ever such test. After
> all, wasn't the point of the test to see where improvements or repairs are
> needed? For that, it was a success.
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> What is amusing to me is that in this day of tweets, cell phones, and 99
> other kinds of interaction, the test involves only licensed broadcast
> stations. That is SO last century. ;-)
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> From: Jerrywpar
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> I didn't know it was happening and I rarely have the TV or radio on, so I
> missed it. That said, is the government preparing for some sort of event
> where they can call for marshal law or something? I'm not a big conspiracy
> theorist, but this does sound rather timely given World events and the
> Global economy.
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> Jerry, NCal.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@...>
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> The test failed in many areas and it came late and the voice message could
> not be heard given how low the volume and and fuzzy the signal... I am not
> the only one to experience this either....
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> Kimmr
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