[BC] The point of EAS?

[Urban, Brian L]

In which case, ALL transmitters and receivers are dead anyway.

--
Brian Urban
Chief Operator
KUT Radio
The University of Texas at Austin



On 10/10/09 5:20 AM, "Sid Schweiger" <sid at wrko.com> wrote:

"The official way to notify the public of a nuclear attack is no longer
EAS, but NOAA Weather Radio.  Why?  People actually have NOAA weather
radios with SAME decoders."

...assuming the radio's innards and the NOAA transmitters haven't been fried to a crisp by the EMP that accompanies a nuclear explosion.

Sid Schweiger
IT Manager, Entercom New England
20 Guest St / 3d Floor
Brighton MA  02135-2040




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