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IN the US, we started off with the CONELRAD system in 1951, then the Emergency Broadcast System in 1963, then the Emergency Alert System in 1997. Most people t
by chiph 2y ago
IN the US, we started off with the CONELRAD system in 1951, then the Emergency Broadcast System in 1963, then the Emergency Alert System in 1997. Most people today know of the Wireless Emergency Alert System created in 2007 which supplements the EAS (nearly everyone has a cellphone today vs. being near a radio or TV).
The wireless system has been extended to include alerts for strong weather (tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, etc.) but also to include missing child alerts.
Growing up in the Cold War era, I'm used to these being used as an alert system (warning: loud)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9rRSY0dRIU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9rRSY0dRIU
- houseplant 2y agothis is such a fascinating thing. It feels like the last vestige of the analog era where everything had to be done in steps where something could go wrong or be interrupted at any time. I remember a few years ago pre-pandemic, I was in my office working when one of those emergency alerts was activated and EVERYONE'S phone went off virtually at the same time. Surreal, kinda frightening
- LVB 2y agoSlightly triggering! I grew up in Illinois, about two blocks from one of those sirens, and they tested the thing weekly for about 30 seconds. It was so loud. For a while, I had regular nightmares about tornadoes, and that siren was always a part of them.