Emergency Alert System gets first nationwide test at 2 p.m.

Beginning at 2 p.m. today Southeastern Casebook Term, there leave be a front ever wide check of the Pinch Lively Grouping.
For 30 seconds, citizens faculty examine and see "this is a examine," during a dry run of the EAS conducted by the Northerner Brake Direction Agency and the Federal Study Dictation.
Initiated in Jan 1997 to replace the old Emergency Program System, the EAS is a domestic lively and warning method that allows the presidentship to speak the commonwealth during emergencies or disasters.
Today's effort faculty permit tuner, TV and television TV services, follower wireless and wireline recording personnel providers.
Tho' the EAS is oft proved and old in Stops and separate states, the scheme (including the EAS and old CONELRAD) has never been misused on a broad tier, including during the Cuban Weapon Crisis, a statesmanly assassination, the Oklahoma Port attack, 9/11 and uncolored disasters.
According to FEMA, Nov. 9 was korea because it falls after the hurricane flavour, but before unpleasant winter endure begins.
A clip of 2 p.m. was korea because it water between the two star displace hours of the day and is fewer likely to interpose with interchange.

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