Emergency Broadcast System
Is anyone else noticing that tests on TV for the Emergency Alert System, formerly the Emergency Broadcast System, are way up in frequency?
Yes, I realize they're always annoying, but I notice that on New York metro stations, they call them weekly tests now even though I sometimes see them more than once a week on the same station such as WNBC-TV, NBC's Manhattan flagship station.
We're also seeing them that often in Vermont.
Yet they used to be, until very recently, no more than monthly. So why the big increase?
Fear mongering?
As many of you will recall, the one time we did NOT see the Emergency Broadcast System was on 9/11, the one time when it might have been useful. This was because it was headquartered - oh, smart move - in the World Trade Center.
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