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National Emergency is Just a Test

FEMA, DHS and FCC will conduct a first-of-its-kind test of the Nationwide Emergency Alert System on all TV and radio stations on Wednesday.

If you're watching TV or tuning into the radio at 1 p.m. Wednesday, don't be alarmed if you see a message about a nationwide emergency.

FEMA, DHS and FCC will conduct a first-of-its-kind test of the Nationwide Emergency Alert System to broadcast a message to the American public, according to a press release from FEMA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; the test will run concurrently across all time zones.

More from the press release:

In the history of the country, nothing like it has been conducted on such a level. ... There have been tests in the past, but not of this magnitude encompassing all regions of the Nation simultaneously. The three-minute test will run concurrently on all radio and TV band stations exceeding the previous messages broadcast, which were anywhere from a 30 second to 1 minute message.

FEMA's website and Emergency Alert System website will provide more information regarding this test.

Greg November 9, 2011 at 04:28 pm
Turn off your radios and TV's, anyone watching or listening will be turned into brain eating Zombies...Don't say I didn't warn ya.
Steve November 9, 2011 at 04:37 pm
Is this going to by like flying Air Force One at building height in NY?
Bob McBride November 9, 2011 at 04:44 pm
Obama's scheduled a speech for that same time slot.
Jacob Crawford November 9, 2011 at 05:18 pm
See: "The Signal"
jbw November 9, 2011 at 11:46 pm
What about those of us who haven't owned a TV or radio in years? They do realize that we don't all sit around watching TV during the work day, right? Is there a realistic plan for reaching people in an actual emergency, or do they just figure that folks will get the word out on their own somehow?
Craig November 10, 2011 at 12:40 am
If you do not own a TV or radio and not a single person contacts you regarding the message- then the Gvt. really doesn't care about you anyway. After all- who would miss you then?
:-P
Bob McBride November 10, 2011 at 01:31 am
Well you may not survive, but imagine all the stressful panic associated with anticipation of the end that you'll completely avoid.
Angry White Dude November 10, 2011 at 01:53 am
It was very uncomfortable knowing that Obama can take over the airwaves that easy. I don’t trust that man.
Ray Ray Johnson November 10, 2011 at 02:12 pm
I remember talking with a friend about the FCC part of the control grab. I explained that the digital TV mandate was for the purpose of consolidating control of transmissions, and had nothing to do with frequency clutter. My friend wouldn't get his head around the fact that the beast is herding the masses together. Next comes the some catacylsmic event that will provoke martial law. Then the bio chipping of the masses. Then the "non-chipper solution" will be played out. Here's the connections (look them up yourself): digital TV mandate consolidates mass media control at a central point. The DOD and the FDA took control of your family garden with the Food Safety Bill. The government makes cash sales illegal, beginning with Louisana House Bill 195, now law, as well as through several Consumer Products Safety Commission laws, such as CPSIA. "He forces all, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or forehead, so that no man may buy or sell except he who has the mark." What you will see: the dollar collapses, panic ensues, media controls your awareness, martial law emposed under 'peace and safety' pitch, a leader with a plan arises, a new currency that can't be counterfieted or used beyone system control is rolled out and mandated. In order to particpate in the new economy, you will have to be chipped. Some will dissent. Those people will be to us as the Jews were to brainwashed Germans in the 1930s-40s. Cont...
Ray Ray Johnson November 10, 2011 at 02:17 pm
The non-chippers will be, by law and by propoganda, vagrant, black-market criminals who can't survive on their own because they have no money, that is to say 'no chip', so they must by definition be breaking the law by surviving, since they can only eat by having illegal food, not purchased in any legal way under any current law. They will be herded off for their final solution, with the remainder of the world's problems put on them by the controlled propoganda machine of this new consolidated and controlled mass media. There you have it: the future and what purpose for this new EAS testing. Testing...1,2,3...is this thing on...ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention... And thus, the NWO takes control. A masterful plan, if you're into that kind of thing.
Bob McBride November 10, 2011 at 02:42 pm
I think I saw this movie.
Anyways, as long as I get some dip along with my chip, I'm happy.
Ray Ray Johnson November 10, 2011 at 04:16 pm
Bob, "You will be assimilated." -The Borg-
Bob McBride November 10, 2011 at 04:28 pm
The Borg, the Borg...it's always the bloody Borg. Can't we have some new assimilators now and then?
CowDung November 10, 2011 at 04:38 pm
Apparently, all of the other assimilators have been assimilated by the Borg...
Ray Ray Johnson November 10, 2011 at 04:43 pm
Bob, "Funny. Your humor will be assimilated for the good of the collective." -The Borg-
Bob McBride November 10, 2011 at 04:52 pm
The collective? Oh, so now we've gone from the Borg to the Democrats. Listen, just get me my chip and dip and I'll sort it out on my own, thank you.
Ray Ray Johnson November 11, 2011 at 11:33 pm
Since the Nigel Tufnel unit was assimilated, the Borg now goes up to 11.

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