Breaking - 11-9-11 FEMA EAS test now shortened to 30 seconds announced minutes ago

You guys NEED to read the initial post on this other related thread:

Thread: 11-9-11 EMERGENCY ACTIVATION NOTIFICATION (EAN) ** Something Is Not Right With This One...

good post.

what changed their minds is the fact that they know that if they shutdown the net for 3 minutes--- it would take 24 hours to restart--- assuming all went well..

Of course it would not

Had this email in my inbox this morning when i got into the office:

DATE:
November 3, 2011

TO:
All West Region Employees

SUBJECT:
November 9, 2011 (2pm ET, 1pm CT, 11am PT, 9am HA), National Emergency Action Notification (EAN) test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS)


UPDATE:

On November 9, 2011 (2pm ET, 1pm CT, 11am PT, 9am HA), FEMA and the FCC will conduct the first-ever Emergency Action Notification (EAN) test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on a National basis. All EAS participants will be required to conduct this test.
This is what most customers will see:

MidWest Market (except KC), Big Island and Maui, Los Angeles,
MidWest NewWave areas, Bulan, Mayfield and Madisonville, KY


Texas, MidWest KC, Oahu and Kauai, San Diego and Desert Cities

• During the test and for a short time afterwards, customers may experience an interruption in programming and serviceability but service is expected to return to normal with no action on the part of the customer.
• While the actual EAN event will last approximately 30 seconds, a small percentage of customers may experience connectivity issues for 20 minutes or more.
• An attempt to tune to an SDV channel during this time may return a Press “A” Key to Retry message

KEY MESSAGES:
• On November 9, 2011 (2pm ET, 1pm CT, 11am PT, 9am HA), FEMA and the FCC will conduct the first-ever Emergency Action Notification (EAN) test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on a National basis.
• All EAS participants will be required to conduct this test.
• During the test, all customers will receive an audio message indicating that “This is a test.” Although the EAS Test may resemble the periodic, monthly EAS tests that most Americans are already familiar with, there will be some differences in what viewers will see and hear. The audio message will be the same for all customers; however, due to limitations in the EAS, the video message may not be the same and in a small number of locations, may not indicate that “This is a test.”
• While the actual EAN event will last approximately 30 seconds, a small percentage of customers may experience two-way connectivity issues for 20 minutes or more. Some possible issues may include:
• An attempt to tune an SDV channel during this time may return a Press “A” Key to Retry message
• Customers will be able to access a VOD menu, but ordering or resuming will result in an error message
• Converters will NOT authorize so installations should not take place during the EAN test.
• Changes to customer accounts should be avoided.
• Rebooting should be avoided

FAQ:
How is the Emergency Action Notification different from the regular Emergency Alert tests?
EAN is the national activation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and can only be activated by the President of the United States or their representative. EAN gives the president access to airwaves to address Americans during a national crisis. An EAN is a different type of alert code than the one used for weekly and monthly EAS testing.

What is the purpose of the Emergency Action Notification test?
The federal government has made a decision to conduct the first ever nationwide EAS test in order to evaluate the readiness of EAS participants to receive and respond appropriately to an EAN.

Why is the Test being conducted at this particular date and time?
The November 9 date is near the end of hurricane season and before the severe winter weather season. The 2 p.m. Eastern broadcast time will minimize disruption during rush hours, while ensuring that the test can occur during normal business hours across several time zones (2pm ET, 1pm CT, 11am PT, 9am HA).

How long will the Test last?
The test will last for approximately 30 seconds; however the actual impact may vary.

What will people hear and see during the Test?
During the test, customers will hear a message indicating that “This is a test.” Although the EAS Test may resemble the periodic, monthly EAS tests that most Americans are already familiar with, there will be some differences in what viewers will see and hear. The audio message will be the same for all EAS Participants; however, due to limitations in the EAS, the video test message scroll may not be the same or indicate that “This is a test.”

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Last Edited by Professor Frink on 11/04/2011 08:14 AM

Ok, read all seven pages of this thread, a first for GLP for me in a while.

Oh man.

How did the Establishment know to begin the preparations for this back in 1984 or earlier ?

Is it time travel ? Advanced astrophysics ?

The more I look back in history, the more history makes sense if this is the end...

"Who cares how many we kill ?" say the illuminated dictators of the last century...

WORLD WITHOUT END

STOP THE COMET & THE WAR

GLP CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE

I HAVE FAITH IN GLP

thanks for keeping this updated everyone !!!

An Emergency Action Notification (SAME code: EAN) is the national activation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and can only be activated by the President or their representative(i.e. the Vice President).[1] The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) also carried the Emergency Action Notification. It has never been used by any President since its creation.

Unlike other messages, the EAN is not the alert itself, but rather a notice that the activation is beginning.[2] After the End of Message (EOM) tones are sent, normal programming does not resume. Instead, most stations will broadcast emergency information in a specific priority order. Messages from the President are always broadcast first. Next comes local messages, statewide and regional messages, and finally national messages not originating from the President (some documents refer to these as "messages from the National Information Center (or NIC)". While there is a SAME code for this type of message (NIC), there exists no FCC definition of the National Information Center)[3] . When an EAN is initially received, and during any time a new message is not available, an FCC mandated standby script is to be used (and repeated).[4] Other stations, which hold special permission from the FCC, will sign off until the end of the EAN.[5] Normal programming cannot resume until the transmission of an Emergency Action Termination message (SAME code: EAT).[6]
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

FEMA: Nationwide EAS Testing 11-9-11
Nationwide EAS Test Reminders

1. An Emergency Action Notification (EAN) live-code will be used for the Test.

2. The test will last approximately 30 seconds.
The Washington D.C. FIPS code will be used for the Test.

3. An End of Message (EOM) will be used to close the EAN (an Emergency Action Termination will NOT be used).

4. You should have at least two monitoring sources (review your State EAS Plan).

5. NOAA Weather Radio will NOT carry the EAN- check with your SECC/LECC for monitoring sources.

6. The Test will NOT use a CAP message nor evaluate CAP compliance.

7. The National Weather Service is rescheduling their Required Weekly Test for Tuesday November 8th.

8. If you do not have a PEP source, you may be able to monitor your local National Public Radio member station (contact NPR Headquarters).

9. Properly configure your EAS Device (see the EAS Best Practices Guide in the handouts section and visit the EAS Device manufacturer website)

[link to www.fema.gov]

According to the information provided by FEMA, once the Emergency Activation Notification is activated it "WILL NOT BE TERMINATED". If such is the case, then normal programming of all systems of radio, television, cable, satellite, and wireline broadcast WILL NOT resume.

So once this "test" begins, there airwaves will be taken over INDEFINITELY by FEMA, that's why they only need 30 seconds...hell they only need 5 seconds really.

WAKE UP

seems like everyone is being made aware of this test. could be a huge ritual to tap into as much energy as possible with the masses watching...

...or probably just nothing...

but what does rush hour traffic have to do with anything in relation to this "test".

yeah and 2pm on wednesday IS NOT rush hour in ANY time zone in the US...

From 3min to 30sec right, so they can start with d beeps . . . Etc. . B4 d 30sec is up they can scrool with a mesage of please stay tuned for an emgency mesage from the pres or something. Look at the 30sec as an attention getter, b4 d 30sec is up they wil do the real mesage.

This is truly amazing. So many good posts and possibilities. Here we go...

FWIW, YOU CANNOT, I REPEAT, ABSOLUTELY
CANNOT!!!!
RECONNECT SEVERED FIBER OPTIC CABLE IN THAT AMT OF TIME
JUST TO SET UP AND AREA TO WORK ON THE DAMN THINGS TAKES 30-40 MINS
IT MUST BE DONE IN A
DUST FREE ENVIRONMENT.

IT DOES NOT

EVER HEAR OF A LIE?

LIE: MISREPRESENTATION OF A MATERIAL FACT
FALSEHOOD

Good morning my fellow EAS-code-tards!

the SHORT BURST DATA sig is troubling

perhaps the signal may interfere with newer cars that run on chips and shut them down

Good morning to you as well, back at it again myself today haha. Just got my coffee.

and does anyone remember all the folks who started speaking gibberish? The sardines and mackerel that went nuts in two locations two days before the eq in Jpn? (odd that it was the same two species of fish, (redondo bch and acapoulco mx)
I had a 3-4 mins EBS tone on my TV two days before that happened.
NO SCROLLING BANNER, NO ANNOUNCEMENT NOTHING!
JUST THAT DAMNED TONE OVER THE VIDEO OF TWO AND A HALF MEN
REG AUDIO CAME BACK UP FOR ABOUT TWO MINS AND THEN THE EFFING EMER TONE
CAME
BACK
AGAIN!
THIS TIME FOR ABOUT 60 SECS
AND THE GIBBERING FOLKS ON TV ALL HAPPENED BETWEEN FEB 5TH AND MARCH 29TH OF THIS YEAR.

So I'm probably preaching to the choir here, apologies...but when the broadcast is on it will be about 10pm in Iran, and dark...perfect for a surprise attack?

I'm interested to know what else may be happening around the world at that time.

I also know that the Hajj is expected to fall between November 4-9 this year...

Hmmmm......

Another good thread with a link to the FCC handbook popped up this morning, BTW. Check it out, it is a short read and note all of the BIG RED LETTERS when they talk about not using the EAT code to end the transmission.

Thread: This is the EAS Handbook... Maybe worth a looking at..Hope the link works I am new to this

And it's nice to 'see' you again.

I dont know if this means much, but about 20-25 minutes ago, here in the Denver metro area, we had 3 separate emergency alerts within 5 minutes of each other via cable TV, and instead of naming counties at the top like usual, it was for the entire state of colorado. The expiration time wasn't within a minute or so MST of the alert themselves, but 12:05 pm MST.

I guess the weird part was having them back-to-back like that, 3 in a row in 5 minutes.

I did not know that, thanks for posting that. Like I said, thought it was weird when I heard it on the news, though I didn't think much of it, but now my curiosity is piqued ;0

i am retired from the phone co and the procedures for optic cable is a pain in the asss

People listening on their radios and panicking

WOW!

Good point! As soon as I read your reply I had the image of millions of people stuck in their cars during an EAN broadcast meant to disseminate a real world emergency.

Holy shit... now you are onto something!

The fact that it was bullshit to begin with. They are pretending this is 1962 or something.

They know damn well, instantly, whether it's working or not, and can easily test it themselves without us ever knowing.

The fact that it's being made public, and being discussed so long in advance, is specifically TO get people interested and talking about it, then they will tune in.

I imagine something VERY serious is going to be announced on the 9th.

I couldn't agree more.

Wouldn't shock and awe be more effective if they were going for the "take it serious" factor? Not a lot of folks are aware of this test, even though it's been on the FEMA website for months now. Of the few that are aware, most think it's just a simple EBS test, like the ones we always get, so no big deal (in their book)you know how most people pooh pooh anything that has scary potential or go into brain shut-down mode. IF it is something serious, they (the gov't) must have known well in advance then about the nature of said possibility or eventuality. And, if if's just the USA being notified, how serious can it be?