[EAS] Guam: accidential Civil Danger Warning broadcast

Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com
Tue Aug 15 10:31:45 CDT 2017


A "Civil Danger Warning" was broadcast by a Guam station at 12:25am local 
time. The message was broadcast by two radio stations, and was also 
screened on at least one television station on the island.

Here is the press release about the incident:

Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense

For Immediate Release
August 15, 2017

At around 12:35 a.m., the Offices of Homeland Security and Civil Defense 
received reports that KSTO were running a test of the Emergency Alert 
Broadcast System. According to KSTO, this was only a test. There is no 
official statement or warning from GHS/OCD regarding a threat.
For more information, contact Public Information Officer, Jenna Gaminde at 
(671) 489-2540 or via email at jenna.gaminde at ghs.guam.gov.

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