The first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) will take place at 2:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) on November 9, 2011. The purpose of the test is to assess the reliability and effectiveness of the EAS as a public alert mechanism.
The nationwide EAS Test will be conducted jointly by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS).
The signal will originate in the Washington, D.C. area then, assuming all goes as planned, will be transmitted via all digital broadcast systems in the United States.
Radio, satellite radio, TV, cable and satellite systems will be affected. It will last about three minutes, so it's longer than most alerts.
READ MORE: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm
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