Emergency Alert System - DC Child Abduction Alert

[Jboy2000000]

Jee I had my earplugs in and my voulme up

[NeonYelloReviews]

That voice. Scary as hell

[Plasma71000]

Omg I watched this video to face my fears

[900transformers]

@Plasma71000 same for me

[Ellisthemechanic]

This fucking screen scares the hell out of me.

[cucombre01]

hmmm the voice is clearer there? in california in the los angeles county i cant even hear a thing. its always so staticy.

[LAAngels2009]

The kid is 4 foot 8 inches and he's six? WTF? This kid is going to be a giant

[TheFunnyfilm]

Stinkin' scary! The voice more clear than normal!! Scared the crud out of me because when I saw this on a phone the views were 911!

[Aspire36802682]

Ikr my power went out after that happened

[SuperWeaves]

Scary at night time

[Atomikenrtia]

Black child abducted, everybody goes about their business.

[EASpokaneChiefs]

I thought Civil Authorities issued CAE

[elevatorsonly]

@EASpokaneChiefs The cable company forgot to choose "Civil Authorities" as Originator on the Sage EAS ENDEC.

[EASpokaneChiefs]

@elevatorsonly I see that.

[pinksugarcandy1]

6 years old 90 pounds? thats unhealthy

[travelsonic]

It is a good thing when messages to help find missing kids go out, but there is a pat of me that wonders why the EAS [though it does not specify the type of emergency it is used for]

[spike67]

Why if your watching the news they still do this?

[MrPlaythroughs101]

he sounds like Daffy Duck when he is speaking.....O___O

[123Blackkitty]

realistic, but fake. Only Civil Authorities can issue a cae.

[compboy1]

The system itself works like a relay, with stations organized into tiers by the FCC and FEMA.

At a national level, the system works like this: FEMA sends an alert to 50 "Primary Entry Point Stations" across the US using several redundant methods. The station broadcasts the alert, which is picked up by other stations in the area, who automatically relay and rebroadcast the alert. In this fashion, FEMA can essentially take over TV/Radio in the US in about 30 seconds in an emergency.

[compboy1]

The reason not much information is displayed onscreen is because not much information is transmitted: the three 'burst tones' you hear at the beginning and end of the message are actually digitally encoded data, repeated three times for redundancies sake. The only info in that data is who issued the alert, what kind of alert it is, what areas it covers, and the time window its in effect. The EAS receiver at a TV station passes that info on to a character generator, which puts it on screen.

[compboy1]

EAS itself was implemented and designed in 1997 to replace the old Emergency Broadcast System, which was based on 1960s tech, and far more unreliable.

Its primary and main purpose is to allow the President to communicate with the US Public in a serious national emergency via Radio and Television, including satellite services such as DirecTV or SiriusXM. Its geared towards audio since radio listeners couldn't see a picture, and audio is far easier to transmit, and thus more reliable.

[7TrainExpress]

how do you make one of these

[YoshiPooper]

Why the hell would you mute it? And if you knew anything about the EAS you'd know why those criticisms you have are void.l

[Articunoboy12]

@YoshiPooper the tone kis harsh on the ears, thts why

[clapton1958]

When I was in the USA visiting I saw an Amber Alert on the telly, but it just popped up a little caption that said CHILD ABDUCTION. It seemed rather amusing that it was the only information they would give me.

[45Armyboy]

@clapton1958 lol the telly :)

[clapton1958]

@45Armyboy Yes, the telly.

[trefroggy]

@buccieri - old-school tivo (series II) then trasferred it to my pc.

[heatcats]

@trefroggy definentaly will activate a radio.

[aratkovits310]

@heatcats can u try this on the wr100?

[heatcats]

@aratkovits310 i already did. Activated it.

[ChristineThePikachu]

awesome

[squeezy409]

the guy sounds like hes spiiting while talking