themadcowtipper
Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
I still get one every month, regardless what channel I watch. You would think HBO would be safe... nope
Blast from the past: the emergency broadcast system
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Rhomega Beta
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Get that bzzt-bzzt-bzzt on my phone whenever there's a dust storm, flooding warning, or Amber Alert.
Snkfanatic
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That one is terrifying to me usually. Also it happened while my phone was connected to my car and it blared through my speakers....now that was a startling.
eh, the local 53 stuff is just spooky scary word jumpscares to bad VHS effects
actually, it was stations playing news of the event as to why a full out alert wasn't enabled as it would had left an audio only feed
that is the reason that has been given in hindsight, sure. but it mostly applies to people who had cable because those of us with antennas stopped getting most news/channels when the towers fell. The followup to that of course is that we wouldn't have received the emergency alert either, but that seems like a pretty big flaw in the system
Walter White Walker
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I see/hear these tests at least every other month.
Earthbound64
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1980s nuclear warnings were always interesting.
Earthbound64
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Wag
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You might not want to see the emergency alerts, but they are of some value. If you turn them off you wont see Amber Alerts which are IMO pretty important.
Clockwork5
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Earthbound64
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lock2k
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Just heard the AES message today (it was a test) on a radio from Iowa.
I'll explain. I live in Brazil but ever since I can remember I listen to American radio. And I have several stations from different states that I listen to. Radio is fascinating to me.
I remember when I first heard an emergency message. I was so fascinated by it. It's so foreign to me... I was like "this is exciting, on a terrifying way". Add the fact that we don't have tornados and stuff like that here. Even though I'm not living in any of these places these messages still gives me the heebie jeebies whenever I hear them.
I'll explain. I live in Brazil but ever since I can remember I listen to American radio. And I have several stations from different states that I listen to. Radio is fascinating to me.
I remember when I first heard an emergency message. I was so fascinated by it. It's so foreign to me... I was like "this is exciting, on a terrifying way". Add the fact that we don't have tornados and stuff like that here. Even though I'm not living in any of these places these messages still gives me the heebie jeebies whenever I hear them.
