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The EAS is usually activated locally for tests and missing children/Amber Alerts. Tornado and severe thunderstorm/ [[Kill It with Water|flash flood]] warnings are also common reasons for activations, occasionally leading to a [[Emergency Broadcast/Awesome|Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. Less commonly, [[Kill It with Fire|fires]], [[Giant Wall of Watery Doom|tsunamis]], chemical spills or other local disasters can result in an activation. State and especially national activations are usually reserved for [[Atomic Hate|nuclear]] [[Nuke'Em|attack]] or any other [[Apocalypse How|apocalyptic-level]] threat. Many times these alerts then redirect to an area's local NOAA Weather Radio station, where an automated voice reports the event's details. |
The EAS is usually activated locally for tests and missing children/Amber Alerts. Tornado and severe thunderstorm/ [[Kill It with Water|flash flood]] warnings are also common reasons for activations, occasionally leading to a [[Emergency Broadcast/Awesome|Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. Less commonly, [[Kill It with Fire|fires]], [[Giant Wall of Watery Doom|tsunamis]], chemical spills or other local disasters can result in an activation. State and especially national activations are usually reserved for [[Atomic Hate|nuclear]] [[Nuke'Em|attack]] or any other [[Apocalypse How|apocalyptic-level]] threat. Many times these alerts then redirect to an area's local NOAA Weather Radio station, where an automated voice reports the event's details. |
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In a local government investigation following the October 2003 Southern California wildfires, the fact that the San Diego area Emergency Alert System was ''never'' activated became a central issue. (It turned out that every local official who had the authority to do so was unaware of their own authority, except for the representative of the National Weather Service, who deemed the situation outside of his responsibility since it was not strictly a weather event.) |
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A national EAS test was performed on November 11, 2011. It showed that nationally, the system needed a little work: Some cable providers switched to their EAS feed station (usually QVC or another [[Home Shopping]] channel) without showing the test, others didn't state that a test was happening, and Direct TV viewers were hearing [[Lady Gaga]] instead of the test message. |
A national EAS test was performed on November 11, 2011. It showed that nationally, the system needed a little work: Some cable providers switched to their EAS feed station (usually QVC or another [[Home Shopping]] channel) without showing the test, others didn't state that a test was happening, and Direct TV viewers were hearing [[Lady Gaga]] instead of the test message. |
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'''Russia:''' An old system of power-independent wire radio ("radiotochka") still exists for this exact purpose, for performing emergency broadcasts even during blackouts. |
'''Russia:''' An old system of power-independent wire radio ("radiotochka") still exists for this exact purpose, for performing emergency broadcasts even during blackouts. |
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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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