"(Springfield, MO) -- One week from Wednesday, your television and radio will be interrupted -- but don't panic! It's just a test.
And it's not just for people in our area; it's for everyone in the country.
At 1 p.m. Central on Wednesday, November 9, you'll see and hear something akin to the tones you hear when there's a weather warning.
So will everyone else in the country, assuming the system works as it's supposed to.
It's the first-ever test of the Nationwide Emergency Alert System, and FEMA and Homeland Security want you to know it's nothing to panic over.
Up until then, you may see public service announcements reminding you that it's just an effort to see if the digital system works.
The signal will originate in the Washington, D.C. area then, assuming all goes as planned, will be transmitted via all digital broadcast systems in the United States.
Radio, satellite radio, TV, cable and satellite systems will be affected. It will last about three minutes, so it's longer than most alerts.
This is just the start of how FEMA and Homeland Security hope to reach Americans in the event of a nationwide event.
"It's one step toward improving their nationwide system," says Ryan Nicholls with Greene County Emergency Management. "And they have other things coming up. They have other versions so they'll be able to put out alerts nationwide over technology that's now available like phones, text messaging and all that so other software versions are coming up so this is just kind of a step toward that direction."
The point of the exercise is a seamless movement of information; for example, a terror attack, an act of war, or something that would impact either the whole country or a good part of it."
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=547347Nationwide EAS Test PSA from FCC's YT channel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oigAjokHyEcCREEPY COUNTDOWN CLOCK @FCC.gov!! LOOK:
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/emergency-alert-system-nationwide-testhttp://www.ready.gov/----------------------
imo? CREEPY. I've got more of these on the way from other news stations. meow
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