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This is a test to test a feature that won't be tested.....

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TomZ

This is how I 'splained today't test to a morning jock....

The EAS alert tones are often called Dog Farts.

The reason for the shortened test 3'>30" is due to cable tv video decoders' not being able to generate graphics that would inform deaf people that "this is only a test"; SO they shortened this test. What's funny about this is that all prior tests were limited to 2 minutes; so they wanted to do a 3 minute test to test the automatic shut-down that comes at the 2 minute mark... The reason for this test is to see if the equipment will let the President talk for more than 2 minutes............ but some people think deaf people won't understand..... DAMN Politically Correctness..

This is a test to test a feature that won't be tested... and that's it in a nutshell.
 
All these many years, they could have tested the 3-minute length using the RMT. But why? The EAS system (and its predecessors) was not designed for long messages. It was designed for an initial alert. Therein lies one of the many problems with it. Following the alert, we're all free to go back to whatever we were doing, unless we decide to stay with the emergency. The value of EAS to the listener is minimal.
 
And, in the event of a national emergency, would the feds want to "yell fire" and run the risk of killing more people that way than the disaster? Also, there are plenty of outlets to get the message out these days anyway. Tapping facebook and twitter and the cell industry (for a text message) would get the word out much better and faster than we would anymore. I question why it's always and still our sole burden.
 
The "Russia Today" channel had this guy on all day yesterday. They see to take pleasure in doing "Tabloid Journalism" stories that portray the USA as full of socialists and nut jobs.
 
It sure worked pretty badly as I monitored on WGN 720. Lots of silence, a message cut off after a few words,
the traditional "noises" ( I like the old two-tone but not as much as carrier drops) but as far as effectiveness,
I will accept the aired opinion of WGN, that it does not inspire much confidence in the system.

Can't wait to read how it went elsewhere.
 
Well, dog farts better paints what most of us think about how the test actually went. It's mighty smelly and usually is a precusor from which created it. Similarly, there are great analogies that couled be formed here on those that created the "dog farts". The are full of ....
 
The local sports jock doubled as a news anchor last night and he had a story about the botched EAS test - AND - this dingdong played the EAS header over the air - what a moron - worthy of a fine for gross stupidity! Why don't you sent out an "SOS" in morse code while you're at it! Oh yea, and then say that you're not supposed to say "MAYDAY" on TV either.
 
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