EAS Bulletin - Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Comcast

[Ellisthemechanic]

The voice is funny yet scary at the same time.

[bobri289]

Ewh, the Tv cuts out just because of a severe thunderstorm... how ferral.

[ROBERSON845]

Okay, your TV does not break out in a coma when there is a thunderstorm warning, thats for weather radios

[physicalgrafiti12345]

I remember listening to the radio at like 2 am and all of a sudden this came on and terrified me because I get thunderstorms here all the time but NEVER get an EAS warning.

[yoshi9891]

Cloud 2 ground lightning WHOA

[slowshow111]

Because less people watch shopping channels. lol.

[epzik8]

A lot of cable systems do the EAS on the home shopping channel for some reason lol...

[Lazercow5]

These things scare me

[Ellisthemechanic]

@Lazercow5 Same.

[alexkid457]

I'm not scared of these

[lola951111]

this showed up on my tv today lolz

[ilovepolice1]

i wake up exactly when the EAS goes off for a required weekly test.

[zachmamaw]

@ilovepolice1 what time 2:00 am

[ilovepolice1]

@zachmamaw yeah

[walkkdatshibby]

um ok

[r000t72]

You're lucky as shit. For some reason, when the Comcast EAS goes off in Oswego IL, it's VERY low quality, you can barely read the county names.

Also, thumbs up if playing this on YouTube worried members of your household.

[troshs]

Some Comcast stations must regulate the way they want to do this....I'm in Lycoming county and there is a severe thunderstorm warning right at my backdoor at the moment and my Comcast isn't doing anything. Makes me wonder how it works sometimes.

[MrMetalloidMan]

I got one of these an hour ago, except instead of a weather report, it was that a 19 month girl was kidnapped. And the robotic voice instead was an actual police radio report.

[AikoSeeno]

i really hate that especaily at night... alone...

[yoshi9891]

@AikoSeeno in the dark

[Ellisthemechanic]

This really does scare my little brother sometimes at 1:00 AM in the dark, alone.

[SammiGurl123456789]

Im 12 and when i hear a tornado warning i crawl under a blanket and get on the couch.... ;D

[spxmet]

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES EVERYONE, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

[yoshi9891]

@spxmet too right bro

[kargaroc386]

It's as if they used the AT@T speech generator

[WhelenVTXR2]

I love the EAS and weather, but this scares the balls off of me.

[thephilchannel]

remember, if you can hear thunder, you're close enough to get struck by lightning!

[123Blackkitty]

Fox news traffic has the same font. i noticed the a has a point on top.

[123Blackkitty]

im gonna put the EAS tone on my cell phone.

[7TrainExpress]

how you create this. its so cool.

[Airlineboy4590]

@redoctober90 no that's illegal. I might sign up for the FCC to handle the EAS's when im 16 or 17

[Airlineboy4590]

Jesus Christ!!! this is gooooood. How do you create this?? i'm ordering the equipment.

[redoctober90]

@Airlineboy4590 Eh, start your own mom-and-pop telecom?

[123Blackkitty]

@Airlineboy4590 its real.

[Hasdolce]

@Airlineboy4590 he got a screen shot for the image...and Adobe reader as announcement voice !!! das it so simple !!!

[christian959100]

ive heard this same thing. except im in springfield, or.

[UnoServix]

fml I got one of these today in California

nothing like a creepy disjointed computer-generated voice telling you to stay out of open spaces or you're going to die

[ChristineThePikachu]

i got QVC, It's channel 23 in My INSIGHT cable box.

[y2j456]

We get alot of those warings in december here in Seattle washington like flood warings test warnings wind warnings and snow warings the worst of all is that they appear in randoms times and scare the s*** out of you

[dog996]

lol this warning scares the shit out of me too

[Niami777]

Computers know all :) (sometimes)

[superpookie87]

this scares me the noise and the voice!!!!! but, it's to get people's attention. :)

[AirForceRabbits]

Where I live they only use this for Tornado Warnings. And probably attacks (DUH)

[Ninja691]

I hate these so much, so fucking scary.

[CSX2665]

That is by far the most scary and annoying thing i've ever heard on the radio.

[jesteranime]

EAS is an FCC required system. How it manifests, however, varies on your cable/satellite provider and also over-the-air broadcast stations are required to broadcast EAS. It also varies state by state as to what warnings are broadcast via EAS. The required weekly, monthly, and national periodic tests are to be broadcast on all channels and unavoidable. This also applies to the two federal level activations: Emergency Action Notification and Emergency Action Termination, used for nukes.

[SuperVillaTube]

@redoctober90 do u have verizon or direct tv

[redoctober90]

@SuperVillaTube Uh, Comcast?

[OneMan2Heart]

Title.

[MrRem300]

@SuperVillaTube wtf does it say in tittle fkin retard ur fked up fk u

[redoctober90]

@MrRem300 Be nice. Not everyone is as awake at 3 am. ;) 

[DudeDie222]

@redoctober90 But everyone at my house wakes up at night when they test the EAS.

[zachmamaw]

@redoctober90 it happened to me a 5;00 am

[vader9596]

@MrRem300

I think the retard is the one who forgot how to spell.

[MrRem300]

@vader9596 xD i spell so its shorter cuz i hate keyboard dude!

[stormspotterbob]

were all gonna die! ;)

[y512516]

So you were watching one of those tv market things huh?

[redoctober90]

@y512516 Actually, the EAS broadcast makes you watch this channel. You can't switch the channel after this. I had a direct cable feed from the digital cable box to my TV tuner, so what it saw, I did too.

[johnwarman54]

this is the exact same format of bulletin we get here in chicago

[EASvideocreator]

By the way, did you dub over this with text to speech or is this the original audio?

[redoctober90]

@EASvideocreator This is the real thing. I would never overdub a video because frankly, it looks like a poser to do so. All of the EAS bulletins, WeatherSTAR Junior videos, etc. (except the WS4000 emulators) are all authentic and in their original sound pieces.

[EASvideocreator]

@redoctober90 Okay. The reason I asked is because this station uses the same EAS voice that I use in my videos. It sounds a little different, but it's almost definately the same voice.

[EASvideocreator]

Nice video! Liked and favorited.

[troshs]

i got my digi cable back this year. there isnt a clock or any kind of thing on the front, just a few lights. we will see how this acts in a few weeks when shit starts hitting the natural fan. :)

[1043studios]

Hey redoctober90,

I'm creating a pi day memorial for algebra class and I wanted to know if I could use the first ~10 seconds as, like, a blooper. I'll send you the finished product.

[redoctober90]

No problem, since you asked. Put your Pi Day memorial as a response on this video...you'll get more views for it. :)

[1043studios]

@redoctober90

Sadly, the video didn't post as a video response. But search 'pi day memorial' and, last time I checked, it was at the top of the page. But who knows now?

[antmanzero]

Hate that damn beep.

PA, here. Same thing

[trucker908]

nice I live in columbiana county in ohio and i have comcast and we get that alot

[trainguy3365]

I think our EAS audio is from the government instead of NWS

[rockandrollwithrage]

@claracrazy2008 that's an actual warning, not microsoft sam

[kjrehberg]

It sounds like the Cepstral Dave voice to me. Microsoft Sam is very low-pitched and awkward.

[Kadash718]

funny when you said " you ran to the wall" hahahahahah

[Kadash718]

what are these things *** on the warning ?

i pretend there bad words. hahahahah

[Kadash718]

scares the hell out of me! sometimes.

[Kadash718]

when me, my brother, my dad, went to selma there was flash of lighting, then we went to the laundry over there, we were about to leave, there was a tv, and then a sever thunderstorm came on.

[Mywayorthehighway867]

Pussy storm alert me about A tornado not a shit fit in the sky

[Airlineboy4590]

@Mywayorthehighway867 LMAO XD

[TrappedunderIcE7]

i ran into the wall once cuz this startled me so bad!!

[sppsschoolkid]

mine says says turn to channel 1. on time warner cable.

[phillies4100]

Mine says turn to channel 5

[troshs]

Wow, ours never did that. i live in lycoming county and had digital cable last year. ours would just run a scroll on any of the channels. i remember back whne i was about thirteen though, --cant type numbers on keyboard anymore-- it would run a scroll and say "please tune to channel NINETEEN." creepy as hell when this goes off late at night.

[traceyrmj2]

copy these to a text file:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

[troshs]

lol it works now. i bought a spare keyboard just in case it decides to act up again. i was using the on screen keyboard most of the time anyways but thanks :-)

[Dredsc1]

God i hate living in brackenridge and hearing this shit go off. you can have your Tv one like volume 2 out of 170 and still hear it up stairs. even if surround sound is off.

[Brainburner5]

yeah they scared me once.

[bluggysluggy]

I just had a EAS Bulletin on my Mediacom Cable and it scared my cat so much she acted drunk!! lol

[iluvyurbles]

poor kitty

[bluggysluggy]

@iluvyurbles THANK YOU FOR GETTING SOMETHING ABOUT MY CAT THE HIGHEST RATED COMMENT!

[johnnyshroom221]

Are they TRYING to scare the shit out of kids?

[bluggysluggy]

I KNOW!!

[StupidGuyVids]

@johnnyshroom221 well they scare me. i plug my ears every time!

[SchuyCam]

@johnnyshroom221 yeah i'm almost 13 mand i'm still scared of them it gives me nightmares i can't even sleep at night i always feel like it's the end of the world when it appears

[DudeDie222]

@johnnyshroom221 Yes. Yes, they are.

[mjtheman23]

I meant like this. The EAS usually redirects me to channel 11, and it interrupts all of the channels to tell me to tune to channel 11. However, on my flat screen, the EAS doesn't interrupt all of the channels-it only interrupts channel 11 and says to tune to channel 11. All of the other channels don't get interrupted like they would on my other tv's.

It's confusing and weird at the same time. I'm not sure why my other channels don't get interrupted.

[redoctober90]

That's because you don't have a digital cable box on your flat-screen TV. Your cable company can tell the box to interrupt all channels automatically (the same thing happens when you have a pay-per-view movie; it commands it to change the channel and let you watch). Analog cable connections don't have that capability so it won't interrupt your watching.

[mjtheman23]

For some reason, on my flat screen, the EAS doesn't interrupt ALL of the channels-only the one it usually redirects you to. Weird, isn't it?

[redoctober90]

If you are on analog cable, it doesn't switch the channel automatically. Only digital cable boxes will automatically switch the channel.

[rainbowwithrain]

that just now came on my tv and it was LOUD!!!

[deweyashleigh]

I wish they'd take these fucking things off the air.

[Eternityglacier]

a warning was issued for flagler county today. i was way far south of that but still got the warning signal. it scared me

[redoctober90]

Take it easy on the posts, Brainburner...else to time-out you go. ;)

[andyphil666]

When i was smaller, this crap scared the living crap outta me, and still does.

[Brainburner5]

YOU

[redoctober90]

Happy 25,000 views! You know only about 4 percent of videos ever reach that standard, so I'm glad. Definitely check out some of the other vids too.

[Brainburner5]

noise scared me at 2:00

[Brainburner5]

GGGGGGAHHH

[tyler15466]

i see these tests every week at 3:00 in the morning

[Supermegaman737]

when i was a kid these things scared me

[pyrokiddd]

lol, I live in Allegheny County PA and I remmeber this I freak out because the "BEEEEEP" noise scared me

[Petman5312]

Whenever I get one of these, before it speaks of the warning, a voice comes up, in a different tone, saying, "PLEASE STAND BY...STATION KC85 WILL BE UP SHORTLY.....The national weather service-".

[lightningbolt9999]

I never get the EAS for Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. I only get it for Tornado Warnings, Child Abduction Emergencies, Flash Flood Warnings, and I've even seen my EAS for a Blizzard Warning!

[TheHandEMan]

Oh my god...every second of these things make my hair stand up. The high pitched tones, the robotic old woman speaking, and that ugly text!

[Brainburner5]

I LIKE TEXT

[Brainburner5]

what's so ugly about it?

[MikeEqualsPwnage]

Most people hate these, but I love them. It makes it seem like the world is ending, lol. I love how my adreniline pumps when it comes on xD

[djkid9]

OMFG the same thing happens to me im scared shitless but i lve it at the same time LOL

[rockstar4life835]

that have nothing to deal with comcast... u dum fuckn asshole

[GuitarHero2131]

dude don't be a fucking asshole

[deathdreams100]

you right rockstar4life835

[chadergeist]

I hate when this crap comes on! I just got done transfering a movie from my dvr box to dvd-r disc and then I was transfering a second movie from the dvr box to dvd-r disc, the movie was almost over when this testing crap came on and ruined it all! I had to pop in a new disc and start all over again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO THANKS TO THIS EAS CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I won't get to sleep till it's all over a second time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FootballMania2009]

the last couple of days here in Tennessee, we've had 5 instances where EAS broke into programming with only Tornado Warnings, it never breaks into shows with Severe Thunderstorm Warnings

[rumbazz]

EAS doesn't necessarily require digital cable. It has been on analog since 97' and still is.

[AaronApolloCamp]

EAS doesn't even require television...AM and FM radio stations also relay EAS information when needed.

[rumbazz]

I was referring to the instances when it's used on the telly.

[kanechoke645]

Dude! We had a Severe Thunderstorm Warning today in Spokane! But, It didnt come up like this it usually does though!!!!!!!!!

[coffeeandsugar20]

Spokane, WA?

[kanechoke645]

Yeah.

[Vladitheruler]

I was sleeping last night and at around 1:30am this retarded bullshit came up on tv and woke me up they test it too much here in florida Icant tell when its real or not

[xxlsn2therainxx]

I also don't think it's necessary to have it done 3 times in one hour for just a damn test! And we happen to have to voice of doom announcing that it was only a test...Seriously? Can't they have a less scary as crap voice? I don't know what's scarier...The beeps or the voice!

[MuffinHead13]

The beeps. Definetely the beeps. But the whole thing in general is scary as shit I think. I hate when my shows get interuppted by this eerie crap.

[smileyjess919]

Why does Allegheny County get these for every thunderstorm? I mean, we get enough of them around here, so it's no big deal!

[redoctober90]

I haven't seen any recently, but now that I'm working at the NWS here in the 'Burgh, I might never be able to tell again.

[Brainburner5]

if I watch a show, EAS pops on sometimees

[Fyuzseion]

My EAS (AT&T U-verse) is nothing but shit-tastic, and I wish i had this one

[kanechoke645]

there is a tornado warning where i live now.! Lol

[rumbazz]

The voice is different. In oregon, they use a live streaming voice from the national weather service when the EAS occurs. It sounds like where you live they use a synthesized voice.

[MikeEqualsPwnage]

I hate how MA only has EAS tests >.> I've NEVER seen the EAS go off for a Tornado Warning 'nor Severe Thunderstorm Warning....

[delucca7211]

theses scare thre crap out of me!!!

[4676CamW]

Especially out of nowhere when you are enjoying a show then one of these pop up about a child abduction. =(

[PGSMfan1993]

yep true. to me only a little bit though. those give me warnings and scare me too

[jslim39]

haha these things are creepy but awesome! when i'm back home in Freeport for the summer, these come on in the afternoon, and i get all excited and jump up and look out the window and see black clouds coming, its soo cool to watch the thunderstorms.... haha i'm crazy...

[tjtaber1988]

I don't see this message when we get Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. I only see the EAS active when a Tornado Warning is issued.

[jslim39]

idk, i'll get them 2-3 tims a week

[coolcatevan9]

i get them like 1 times a month

[redoctober90]

Happy 20,000 views!

[MewSumomo]

EAS tests scare the CRAP out of me. I was half-asleep watching TV in the middle of the night (apparently this has happened to other people lol?) and one of these came on, now I'm afraid to keep the TV on at night again. It gives me the chills.

[redoctober90]

It happened once on Pittsburgh's FOX station. I had the World Series on late one night and I was just dozing off when *SCREECH* it blared through. It was only an AMBER Alert. :(

[GameDude41]

I like to sleep with the radio on, and an EAS alert popped up while I was dozing, even though ist was only an Amber Alert, it still scared the shit outta me.

[xxlsn2therainxx]

I usually sleep with the tv on, and a few days ago, I woke up to a stupid EAS alert at 4AM...It always has, and always will, scare the ever loving piss out of me!

[PGSMfan1993]

yep. that can be like the biggest nightmare of your life

[realneji4]

i know-i always have 2 b close 2 mute, channel recall, or power just in case 1 of these comes on

[Windowsxpfan2105]

That's AT&T Mike

[Geno2733]

There is a REALLY big debate over the EAS on wikipedia. Someone tried to remove the link to this page from the EAS article. I think a Moderator stopped it, because it's still there.

[redoctober90]

I don't know why there would be any debate, unless Comcast copyrights their EAS system. (I didn't put the link on Wiki in the first place, so I don't mind.)

[StigelRULES]

This isn't perfect paul...it sounds like a Microsoft emulator...

[redoctober90]

One thing I miss about being up here at PSU - no EAS broadcaster in the dorms. I could sleep through a freaking tornado if it wasn't for my Weatheradio (see my WS Jr. videos for why I say that!)

By the way, I pride myself in only authentic EAS broadcasts and WeatherSTAR Junior forecasts. No emulators or cookiecutter fakes, ladies and gentlemen. BUY GENUINE! *waves American flag*

[krystlerita]

Hey, that's NWS Paul doing the announcing!

These things drive me nuts

I'll be watching The Young and the Restless or a nice little Golden Girls rerun or something, and:

ERT! ERT! ERT! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

[parkman35]

In the Chicago area Comcast does the same. Only the people living in the counties affected have their cable disrupted by the exact same thing above. My understanding is that it comes directly from NWS as soon as they activate the EAS to the weather alert radios. I know it'sa disruptive to TV programing, but it is for everyone's safety...

[coreyraw]

lol im E

[padude64]

I live in Canonsburg, Washington County

[poopskinTheLiar]

Saw one during a summer thunderstorm.

EVERY 5 MINUTES.

[supercell1995]

i have comcast cable at my place. i have had a TON of severe thunderstorm warnings over the summer, but I have only seen an EAS screen once so far. isn't that weird?

[redoctober90]

They've cut back on a lot of these because they were a bit too frequent, especially for summertime in western PA. It sort of dilutes the importance when EAS says "Duck and Cover" twice a week. They still display it for tornado and flash flood warnings, though.

(Contrawise, my Evansville/Henderson tapes are a bit more sensitive to the weather, but that's because severe weather is MUCH MUCH MUCH more overstressed there because of a "recent history". But that's for another thread. :)

[Geno2733]

Heh... guess I AM all the comments on this page. only me and a couple of other people are actually commenting. I don't have DVR (don't wanna give Comcrap any more money than I need to). Did anyone actually catch that test from Thursday morning?

[TrueTrekker]

I saw it, but it doesn't record on DVR. I wish it did. Oh well.

[Geno2733]

Next RMT for Pennsylvania is this Thursday at a quarter to one in the morning. Anyone in the state looking to capture a real EAS Test (not like the stuff you see from Sniklson2000) should try to record some programming between 12:00 and 1:15. should catch it then.

[redoctober90]

Hmmm...might be worth hunting for (although usually they're kind of short, if I recall correctly.)

[Geno2733]

Wow. I didn't think you checked this page for comments anymore, as it's been up for the longest time now. lol

[redoctober90]

Oh, mah dear Geno, you ARE all the comments on this page. ;)

[Geno2733]

I can see it now... I'll get a Wii System Update and this crap'll be on there.

[ABCPUSA]

ahh in portugal it will say:

Este é um teste da Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte sistema de aconselhamento militar, ativado, para garantir que há bom aviso, em caso de um nuclear / biológico atentado terrorista. Este é apenas um teste.

translation:

This is a test of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization military advisory system, activated to ensure there is proper warning in the event of a nuclear/biological terrorist attack. This is only a test.

very scary and its illegal 2 tape it.

[K1ndaB0red]

Do you have DVR or interactive channels? If so, does it even happen on these channels?