Anybody had this problem? For the last 12 hours or so my cap unit can't find the IPAWS test. I have logged into manually on three different computors and two different sources ( broadband and DSL ) and get the same message from FEMA that the test/alert isn't available.
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CAN'T LOG INTO IPAWS LAST 12 HOURS
- Thread starter ellenparks
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At 11:07am EDTthe server sent out it's regular Monday test but then went back to not being available.
What a waste this whole thing is. All EAS does is waste our time, and doesn't serve a single person.
When was the last time an EAS alert helped? There was a bombing at the Boston marathon, would think a perfect time to activate EAS, right? I was up there for that and not one single EAS anything. By the time EAS would have been activated, all of the radio stations were going full boat coverage (boat pun not intended).
With text alerts, radio stations covering disasters by themselves, streaming audio/video etc. why are we still messing around with this daisy chain 1960's technology?
At they very least, make the primary input for EAS a satellite feed piggybacked on an audio channel for DirecTV, Sirius and a few others. Let the broadcaster decide on the equipment that works best in their situation. I've had 1' of snow on top of my Sirius antenna and could still get a perfect signal.
Enough with this stupidity. Rant over.
When was the last time an EAS alert helped? There was a bombing at the Boston marathon, would think a perfect time to activate EAS, right? I was up there for that and not one single EAS anything. By the time EAS would have been activated, all of the radio stations were going full boat coverage (boat pun not intended).
With text alerts, radio stations covering disasters by themselves, streaming audio/video etc. why are we still messing around with this daisy chain 1960's technology?
At they very least, make the primary input for EAS a satellite feed piggybacked on an audio channel for DirecTV, Sirius and a few others. Let the broadcaster decide on the equipment that works best in their situation. I've had 1' of snow on top of my Sirius antenna and could still get a perfect signal.
Enough with this stupidity. Rant over.
Since NSA has all our phone numbers,they could just call from that huge data base.Problem solved!!
Detailed Statistics for the IPAWS poller.
File was last modified 0 minutes ago.
IPAWS Status at Mon Jun 10 13:38:41 2013, 19:38:41 2013 (UTC)
IPAWS
9397 polls, 9167 successes, 6 new
230 failed, 0 abnormal, 218 stalls, 235 re-poll
104 feed polls, 99 feed successes, 5 feed failed, 0 feed abnormal
7 new alerts, 5 not state, 0 SPS ignored
2 alert fetches, 2 successes, 0 failed, 0 abnormal, 2 active alerts
0 bad signature, 0 can't verify signature, 0 not signed
2 processed, 0 skipped, 0 cancels
Startup at : 3 days, 20 hours ago, Thu Jun 6 16:55:50 2013
Last successful poll : 0 minutes ago, Mon Jun 10 13:38:41 2013
Last failed poll : 1 hour, 32 minutes ago, Mon Jun 10 12:05:47 2013
Last prefiltered alert: 1 hour, 32 minutes ago, Mon Jun 10 12:06:22 2013
File was last modified 0 minutes ago.
IPAWS Status at Mon Jun 10 13:38:41 2013, 19:38:41 2013 (UTC)
IPAWS
9397 polls, 9167 successes, 6 new
230 failed, 0 abnormal, 218 stalls, 235 re-poll
104 feed polls, 99 feed successes, 5 feed failed, 0 feed abnormal
7 new alerts, 5 not state, 0 SPS ignored
2 alert fetches, 2 successes, 0 failed, 0 abnormal, 2 active alerts
0 bad signature, 0 can't verify signature, 0 not signed
2 processed, 0 skipped, 0 cancels
Startup at : 3 days, 20 hours ago, Thu Jun 6 16:55:50 2013
Last successful poll : 0 minutes ago, Mon Jun 10 13:38:41 2013
Last failed poll : 1 hour, 32 minutes ago, Mon Jun 10 12:05:47 2013
Last prefiltered alert: 1 hour, 32 minutes ago, Mon Jun 10 12:06:22 2013
Sequester!
"Since NSA has all our phone numbers,they could just call from that huge data base.Problem solved!!" LOL! Amen to that! Seriously... Why are WE burdened with the obligation, yet the cell industry isn't burdened to provide it, and keep their system running in the event of bad events? They always seem to fail out, and they aren't required to play EAS games. I don't subscribe to the "you got your frequencies for free" crap either. We pay every year to be regulated. We sometimes have to pay huge fines. Pretty much any owner of a station that owns one now wasn't the one that got it for "free" originally. They paid out the nose to the previous several owners down the line. Newer allocations were bought at auction. Therefore the EAS obligation should be shared with cellular and other sat-based services, just like what we have to endure.
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