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The Emergency Broadcast System Does anyone else in the US remember this scam?
You'd be sitting there watching tv...I don't know Green Acres reruns or Zoom or something, or listeining to some program on the radio and suddenly they would announce they were running a "test of the Emergency Broadcast System," which meant that for the next sixty seconds your ears would bleed from this piercing sound emitting from your radio and/or tv. My question is (for all of you who grew up on this): where the hell was the Emergency Broadcast System on 9-11? 
Okay, they discontinued it in '97 but it was replaced with something similar... My entire childhood was basically spent in preparation for some apocalyptic disaster and sure enough when it happens all I get is Aaron Brown tapping his ear piece. 
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2the9s said: What a bunch of pubes we are.  | |
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It's a government conspiracy.  | |
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They use the fuck out of it where I live. Every fucking rain storm, freeway chase and drive by this bullshit comes on my cable channels.
"A bear shits in the woods! Turned to channel 28 for more value information and where to relocate during this emergency!" Fuckers get on my nerves with that shit! Wanted: Virtual Sugar Daddy to help me buy stuff on Farmville and move up the ranks. Use of Viagra not authorized. Get your two minutes and go! | |
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Imago said: I *HATE* the idea of giving you TWO falling off my chair laughing emoticons in one night, but... 
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  Definitely a conspiracy. | |
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ShySlantedEye1 said: "A bear shits in the woods! Turned to channel 28 for more value information and where to relocate during this emergency!"
Do they do it when bears attack monkeys, too?  | |
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2the9s said: Does anyone else in the US remember this scam?
You'd be sitting there watching tv...I don't know Green Acres reruns or Zoom or something, or listeining to some program on the radio and suddenly they would announce they were running a "test of the Emergency Broadcast System," which meant that for the next sixty seconds your ears would bleed from this piercing sound emitting from your radio and/or tv. My question is (for all of you who grew up on this): where the hell was the Emergency Broadcast System on 9-11?
Okay, they discontinued it in '97 but it was replaced with something similar... My entire childhood was basically spent in preparation for some apocalyptic disaster and sure enough when it happens all I get is Aaron Brown tapping his ear piece.
What a bunch of rubes we are. Dayum! I remember that on US cable and I hated that noise. It would piss me off, how dare they interrupt my show  
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Growing up in rural Ohio they would test once a month or so, but there was never an actual emergency.
Then I moved to Chicago in the 90s and one night i was just watching tv when suddenly There WAS an Emergency!! I was like OMG What the hell is going on. (Remember EBS was, at least to me, announcing a missile attack,) So I turned to the Emergency Channel.....to be informed of a thunderstorm that was moving through Chicagoland. I lost all respect for the EBS that night...i cant even stand to look at it anymore. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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It has been replaced by the EAS -- Emergency Alert System | |
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they did a test just the other day. interrupted my TV. I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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