[BC] EAS and War of the Worlds

[Fred Gleason]

On Monday 04 July 2005 13:43, Ron Castro wrote:
> I saw the film last night, and noticed that same scene.  My though was:
> wow! Another disaster and the damned system STILL doesn't work worth a
> crap! Talk about reality....

Indeed.  I can remember sitting in my office in Arlington VA (about 1-2 mi 
from the Pentagon) on 9/12/2001, listening to an EAS test on one of the DC 
LP-1s.  It was an eerie feeling, seeing as the system hadn't been activated 
at all the previous day.  It was within 24-48 hours of that that the FCC 
issued their notice 'suspending' tests.  I don't know this for a fact, but I 
rather suspect that it was that test in DC that led to that decision.

Hurray for the FCC.  I feel safer -- don't you?

Cheers!


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