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Not to get too tinfoilhatty about it, but should it be a bit concerning that the "Required weekly test of the Emergency Broadcast System" has become a daily occurrence? The most recent, a couple of minutes ago, covered several states (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Montana, to name a few that were listed in the black screen's crawl). Just gives me the squicks given the campaigns, also the anniversary of 9-11.
Anyone else notice this increased frequency of tests?
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barbtries
(28,815 posts)is this on tv? i'm online and listen to radio in the car but no tv at all.
hope if there's an emergency i'll find out about it
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)It happens mostly on a Sunday here. But I do always notice that the test encompasses some Utah counties and ... the District of Columbia. Why?!?
Solly Mack
(90,792 posts)since my return caught me by surprise because I hadn't been subjected to them in years. So, for me, even one seemed odd.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)could be that I switched from Cablevision to Fios.
longship
(40,416 posts)Where you would be instructed to tune to either 740 KiloCycles or 1440 KiloCycles on your AM radio dial.
I remember these in the 50's. Yes, during the cold war people took this shit seriously. This was punctuated in 1962 by the 13 days of horror during the Cuban Missile Crisis. See Kevin Costner's Thirteen Days for a fairly good historical account, but ignore Costner's horrible Boston accent and the sappy back story.
But CONELRAD was the real deal.
Remember 740 and 1440! Radios of the day even had the little Civil Defense symbol on the radio dials at the appropriate frequencies.