> > I miss the EBS. I had the television and radio versions
> > memorized in my youth.
"This is a test. This station is conducting a test of The Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test...."
(1 kHz tone plays)
"This has been a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters in your area in voluntary cooperation with federal, state and local authorities have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency. If this had been an actual emergency, the attention signal you just heard would have been followed by official information, news or instructions. This station serves the (INSERT COUNTY OR REGION) area. This concludes this test of the Emergency Broadcast System..."
Some poorer, small town stations ended the announcement with this tag:
"If this had been an actual emergency, the attention signal you just heard would have been followed by information on where to tune in your area for official information, news or instructions...."
>
> You are in need of semi-superfluous help, my friend. Then
> again, so am I. How could one forget them - right down to
> the "CD" logo. And that attention signal? Talk about ear
> worms...
Conelrad. Those weird upside down triangles that marked 640 and 1240 AM on Cold War era AM radios....
>
>
> > Can anyone recall if it was ACTUALLY used for an emergency
>
> > here in Seattle? If so, when?
>
> I don't recall a Seattle-specific one off hand, but there
> have been occasions when the ol' EBS (or EAS) was activated
> during flood seasons in Skagit County. Also, KLKI Anacortes
> once sent out the Attention Signal, et al, when a tank of
> ammonia leaked.
Yes, not much happens in Seattle. But it's gone off in Bellingham too on KGMI after some chemical leaks from the Georgia-Pacific plant....
>
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