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|  #2 Posted on 15.11.02 1402.39
Reposted on: 15.11.09 1404.56 | | So THAT's why I haven't heard the "this is a test of the emergency broadcasting system..." these last few years. | Grimis
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| #3 Posted on 15.11.02 1517.00
Reposted on: 15.11.09 1523.51 | The EAS is the Emergency Alert System which replaced the Embergency Broadcast System in the mid-90s.
As a sidenote, it is amazing that the EAS was no activated here in the DC area during the 9/11 attacks. But it was activated for the 9/24/01 College Park tornado and subsequent tornado and severe storm outbreaks this year... | MoeGates
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| #4 Posted on 15.11.02 1554.00
Reposted on: 15.11.09 1559.04 | | I remember being in DC then. Being gainfully unemployed at the time, I slept through the whole thing. I remember thinking "why didn't that air-raid siren thing they set off every Wednesday at noon go off? | | ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE |
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