Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System - Wednesday, November 9 at 2:00 PM EST

Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System - Wednesday, November 9 at 2:00 PM EST
via TV and radio stations

Updated: Tuesday, 08 Nov 2011, 7:07 AM EST
Published : Tuesday, 08 Nov 2011, 6:47 AM EST

MyFoxDC - Washington, DC

A nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will occur on Wednesday, November 9 at 2:00 PM EST via TV and radio stations.

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Here are specific items we want everyone to know about the test:

•It will be conducted Wednesday, November 9 at 2:00 PM EST.

•It will be transmitted via television and radio stations within the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii, the territories of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

•Similar to local emergency alert system tests, an audio message will interrupt television and radio programming indicating: “This is a test.”

•When the test is over, regular programming will resume.

Read more:

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/nationwide-test-of-the-emergency-alert-system-wednesday-november-9-at-200-pm-est-110811#ixzz1d7Rz5044

Bumping!

Bumping! Test is in appx. 30 minutes.

Except what the TV had on it for a couple of minutes, we would not have known anything about this. There were no sirens or anything in our area. I know the ladies on the news @ 12pm said they wanted to be outside @ 2pm but I don't know if they heard anything or not.

Did any of you hear warning sirens or whistles in your area?

I didn't hear any sirens. I did hear the test on my car radio around 2 PM.

Everyone who lives in Lenoir and has a land line telephone received a recorded message last night that sirens and whistles would be sounded @ 2pm, but not to get alarmed as it was only a TEST.

Well, I got the message but heard nothing. Although we don't have a fire station close by, and all the big furniture factories in Lenoir have mostly closed down. There was a Broyhill Furniture, and a Drexel Furniture within 2 miles of where I live, but they stand empty now. Therefore, no whistles sounded.

sitemama, whoever sent out the phone call to the land lines messed up! No sirens and whistles were suppose to be heard. This alert was not intended to test sirens and whistles.

This alert was for TV and Radio only. I had the TV on InSession (a satellite station). At 1 p.m. CST, the alert came on with written content on the screen. It lasted for about a minute. Then regular programming resumed.

This is snipped from the article I linked up-thread (by Ann - Tx Yesterday at 7:24 am) :

•It will be transmitted via television and radio stations within the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii, the territories of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

•Similar to local emergency alert system tests, an audio message will interrupt television and radio programming indicating: “This is a test.”

•When the test is over, regular programming will resume.

Thanks Ann, leave it to this red neck backward county to screw up.