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* In one episode of ''TinyToonAdventures'', Hamton imagines himself being subjected to 60 seconds of the Emergency Broadcast System as a form of CoolAndUnusualPunishment.
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'''Canada:''' Only one province, Alberta, has an emergency warning system. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8cgwZxAT4Q The Alberta Emergency Public Warning System]] was planned after an F5 tornado tore through Edmonton, but was only picked up by all broadcasters after a F3 tornado destroyed a campground at Pine Lake. The EPWS serves to advise the public of imminent threats such as severe summer weather (tornadoes, thunderstorms, and floods) and civil emergencies, and also broadcasts AMBER Alerts. It generally is not used to disseminate less emergent weather alerts such as snowfall or blizzard warnings, as those are considered relatively common events in [[strike:January]] May).
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'''Canada:''' Only one province, Alberta, has an emergency warning system. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8cgwZxAT4Q The Alberta Emergency Public Warning System]] was planned after an F5 tornado tore through Edmonton, but was only picked up by all broadcasters after a F3 tornado destroyed a campground at Pine Lake. The EPWS serves to advise the public of imminent threats such as severe summer weather (tornadoes, thunderstorms, and floods) and civil emergencies, and also broadcasts AMBER Alerts. It generally is not used to disseminate less emergent weather alerts such as snowfall or blizzard warnings, as those are considered relatively common events in [[strike:January]] May).
during most of the winter (and spring, and...).
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'''[[EagleLand USA]]:''' An Emergency Broadcast was for many years usually done using the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System Emergency Broadcast System]], which became the current Emergency Alert System, though occasionally a news broadcast special report will take its place — usually, as in the case of 9/11, when a disaster has already happened and the news media are doing a better job conveying warnings and/or covering the incident than an EAS takeover of the broadcasts could.
All TV and radio stations are required to test their EBS systems at least [[strike:once a year]] once a month, with weekly tests required for feeder stations. Of course these tests always warn that there's no actual emergency going on first. This has resulted in the phrase "This is a test. This is only a test" having [[MemeticMutation entered into popular culture]]. As has the annoying sound that follows it: "EEEEEEEEEEEE", though this has mostly been replaced with a screech which resembles that of a modem dialing into {{AOL}} followed by the long tone. Interestingly, the screech that resembles a modem is actually an encoded two-tone ASCII string repeated 3 times that identifies the exact type and magnitude of the alert and its location, and some weather radios can be programmed to only activate the alarm for alerts that apply to where the radio's installed and only for hazards that would actually be of concern to the area (ignoring flood warnings if it's in a building on very high ground for example). However some stations don't even have an announcer doing a pre-warning any longer, squashing a test within a commercial break without any warning and treating it in the same way as a PublicServiceAnnouncement.
In the United States, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System Emergency Alert System]] is usually activated locally for tests and missing children/Amber Alerts. Tornado and severe thunderstorm/ [[KillItWithWater flash flood]] warnings are also common reasons for activations, occasionally leading to a [[Awesome/EmergencyBroadcast Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. Less commonly, [[KillItWithFire fires]], [[GiantWallOfWateryDoom tsunamis]], chemical spills or other local disasters can result in an activation. State and especially national activations are usually reserved for [[AtomicHate nuclear]] [[NukeEm attack]] or any other [[ApocalypseHow apocalyptic-level]] threat. Many times these alerts then redirect to an area's local NOAA Weather Radio station, where an automated voice reports the event's details.
'''Canada:''' Only one province, Alberta, has the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8cgwZxAT4Q Alberta Emergency Public Warning System]], the result of its higher than average rate of tornado activity, which is primarily used for issuing tornado/severe thunderstorm/flash flood warnings. It is also used for missing child alerts and other disasters than severe weather.
All TV and radio stations are required to test their EBS systems at least [[strike:once a year]] once a month, with weekly tests required for feeder stations. Of course these tests always warn that there's no actual emergency going on first. This has resulted in the phrase "This is a test. This is only a test" having [[MemeticMutation entered into popular culture]]. As has the annoying sound that follows it: "EEEEEEEEEEEE", though this has mostly been replaced with a screech which resembles that of a modem dialing into {{AOL}} followed by the long tone. Interestingly, the screech that resembles a modem is actually an encoded two-tone ASCII string repeated 3 times that identifies the exact type and magnitude of the alert and its location, and some weather radios can be programmed to only activate the alarm for alerts that apply to where the radio's installed and only for hazards that would actually be of concern to the area (ignoring flood warnings if it's in a building on very high ground for example). However some stations don't even have an announcer doing a pre-warning any longer, squashing a test within a commercial break without any warning and treating it in the same way as a PublicServiceAnnouncement.
In the United States, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System Emergency Alert System]] is usually activated locally for tests and missing children/Amber Alerts. Tornado and severe thunderstorm/ [[KillItWithWater flash flood]] warnings are also common reasons for activations, occasionally leading to a [[Awesome/EmergencyBroadcast Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. Less commonly, [[KillItWithFire fires]], [[GiantWallOfWateryDoom tsunamis]], chemical spills or other local disasters can result in an activation. State and especially national activations are usually reserved for [[AtomicHate nuclear]] [[NukeEm attack]] or any other [[ApocalypseHow apocalyptic-level]] threat. Many times these alerts then redirect to an area's local NOAA Weather Radio station, where an automated voice reports the event's details.
'''Canada:''' Only one province, Alberta, has the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8cgwZxAT4Q Alberta Emergency Public Warning System]], the result of its higher than average rate of tornado activity, which is primarily used for issuing tornado/severe thunderstorm/flash flood warnings. It is also used for missing child alerts and other disasters than severe weather.
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'''[[EagleLand USA]]:''' An The first US Emergency Broadcast system was for many years usually done using the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONELRAD CONELRAD]] ([=CONtrol of ELectronic RADiation=]), intended only to warn listeners/viewers of an impending atomic attack and to make it hard for Soviet bombers to find American cities by using radio direction finding. It was eventually renamed the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System Emergency Broadcast System]], which became System]] when advances in communication and weather radar made it possible for state and local authorities to use it to disseminate information about local emergencies. Later, as alerts began to be disseminated through non-broadcast routes (cable and satellite TV, cellphones, weather radios), the current system was again renamed, this time as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System Emergency Alert System, though occasionally a news broadcast special report will take its place — usually, as in the case of 9/11, when a disaster has already happened and the news media are doing a better job conveying warnings and/or covering the incident than an EAS takeover of the broadcasts could.
System]], or EAS.
All TV and radio stations are required to test theirEBS EAS systems at least [[strike:once a year]] once a month, with weekly tests required for feeder stations. Of course these tests always usually warn that there's no actual emergency going on first. This has resulted in the phrase "This is a test. This is only a test" having and the old two-tone EBS attention beep [[MemeticMutation entered into becoming a part of popular culture]]. As has the annoying sound that follows it: "EEEEEEEEEEEE", though this has mostly been replaced with The new EAS alerts may or may not include a screech which resembles that of a modem dialing into {{AOL}} followed by the long tone. Interestingly, the screech that resembles a modem is actually two-tone attention beep but always include an encoded two-tone ASCII string string, repeated 3 times that identifies three times, which sounds like an old-school modem and is called a "chirp" in the exact business. The string contains specific information as to the type of alert (or test) and magnitude the location of the alert and its location, and some emergency. Some modern weather radios can be programmed to only activate the alarm for alerts that apply to where the radio's installed and only for hazards that would actually be of concern to the area (ignoring flood warnings if it's in a building on very high ground for example). However area. In some stations don't even have an announcer doing a pre-warning any longer, squashing a areas the EAS test within a commercial break without any warning is unannounced and treating it in contains only the same way as a PublicServiceAnnouncement.
In the United States, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System Emergency Alert System]]three ASCII chirps.
The EAS is usually activated locally for tests and missing children/Amber Alerts. Tornado and severe thunderstorm/ [[KillItWithWater flash flood]] warnings are also common reasons for activations, occasionally leading to a [[Awesome/EmergencyBroadcast Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. Less commonly, [[KillItWithFire fires]], [[GiantWallOfWateryDoom tsunamis]], chemical spills or other local disasters can result in an activation. State and especially national activations are usually reserved for [[AtomicHate nuclear]] [[NukeEm attack]] or any other [[ApocalypseHow apocalyptic-level]] threat. Many times these alerts then redirect to an area's local NOAA Weather Radio station, where an automated voice reports the event's details.
'''Canada:''' Only one province, Alberta, hasthe an emergency warning system. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8cgwZxAT4Q The Alberta Emergency Public Warning System]], the result of its higher than average rate of System]] was planned after an F5 tornado activity, which tore through Edmonton, but was only picked up by all broadcasters after a F3 tornado destroyed a campground at Pine Lake. The EPWS serves to advise the public of imminent threats such as severe summer weather (tornadoes, thunderstorms, and floods) and civil emergencies, and also broadcasts AMBER Alerts. It generally is primarily not used for issuing tornado/severe thunderstorm/flash flood warnings. It is also used for missing child to disseminate less emergent weather alerts such as snowfall or blizzard warnings, as those are considered relatively common events in [[strike:January]] May).
In addition, Environment Canada runs Weatheradio Canada, which disseminates weather warnings, alerts, andother disasters than severe weather.
tests on VHF radio.
All TV and radio stations are required to test their
In the United States, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System Emergency Alert System]]
The EAS is usually activated locally for tests and missing children/Amber Alerts. Tornado and severe thunderstorm/ [[KillItWithWater flash flood]] warnings are also common reasons for activations, occasionally leading to a [[Awesome/EmergencyBroadcast Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. Less commonly, [[KillItWithFire fires]], [[GiantWallOfWateryDoom tsunamis]], chemical spills or other local disasters can result in an activation. State and especially national activations are usually reserved for [[AtomicHate nuclear]] [[NukeEm attack]] or any other [[ApocalypseHow apocalyptic-level]] threat. Many times these alerts then redirect to an area's local NOAA Weather Radio station, where an automated voice reports the event's details.
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In addition, Environment Canada runs Weatheradio Canada, which disseminates weather warnings, alerts, and
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* Any time a car radio is on in a 60s or 70s TV drama, chances are good that an EBS test is being broadcast. That's because the text of the EBS test is a work of the federal government and therefore in the public domain, so producers didn't have to pay royalties or license fees if they used it. Eventually, though, Washington asked the networks to cut down on the practice so that prime-time TV viewers wouldn't become overly used to the noise and simply tune it out.
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* SilentHill uses an air raid siren, which does a similar thing, but without anyone talking. HellIsThatNoise ensues.
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* SilentHill uses an AirradeHorn, which does a similar thing, but without anyone talking. HellIsThatNoise ensues.
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* Used to let us know when passing into the DarkWorld in SilentHill. With a very creepy soundtrack, too...[[/folder]]
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** Other simulated EAS alerts on YouTube highlight other non-weather, non AtomicHate hazards it is sometimes used for (with the alert-type 3 letter abbreviation for said type added afterwards in parentheses), including some that are recordings of actual EAS activations such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7sUr15rw4 Escaped Wild Animal(s)]] (Local Area Emergency - LAE), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hOWRv3WXA Industrial Fire]] (Industrial Fire Warning - IFW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVp4rgXTyg Chemical Hazard]] (Chemical Hazard Warning - CHW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68_VPdxFE0 Tsunami]] (Tsunami Warning - TSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsV2HKKp9ec Dam Break]] (Dam Break Warning - DBW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWDYlJnLHg Earthquake]] (Earthquake Warning - EQW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzs92N8XgU Landslide]] (Land Slide Warning - LSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKLXIHJDJus Dust Storm]] (Dust Storm Warning - DSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGODsu_lL4I Avalanche]] (Avalanche Warning - AVW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laL9FJMIlA Cyber Attack]] (Emergency Action Notification - EAN - same code as would be used for [[TheDeadliestMushroom impending nuclear attack]]), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6stOdM0jQw Contagious Disease]] (ends with a Contagious Disease Warning - DEW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22kb4iSXnY Contaminated Water]] (Contaminated Water Warning - CWW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3nZPLeSeo Food Contamination]] (Food Contamination Warning - FCW), and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb35owfaZM Volcano]] (Volcano Warning - VOW) (Note. Not all of the above links are to recordings of real alerts. Most are for simulations).
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** Other simulated EAS alerts on YouTube highlight other non-weather, non AtomicHate hazards it is sometimes used for (with the alert-type 3 letter abbreviation for said type added afterwards in parentheses), including some that are recordings of actual EAS activations such as as:
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7sUr15rw4 Escaped Wild Animal(s)]] (Local Area Emergency -LAE), LAE)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hOWRv3WXA Industrial Fire]] (Industrial Fire Warning -IFW), IFW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVp4rgXTyg Chemical Hazard]] (Chemical Hazard Warning -CHW), CHW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68_VPdxFE0 Tsunami]] (Tsunami Warning -TSW), TSW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsV2HKKp9ec Dam Break]] (Dam Break Warning -DBW), DBW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWDYlJnLHg Earthquake]] (Earthquake Warning -EQW), EQW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzs92N8XgU Landslide]] (Land Slide Warning -LSW), LSW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKLXIHJDJus Dust Storm]] (Dust Storm Warning -DSW), DSW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGODsu_lL4I Avalanche]] (Avalanche Warning -AVW), AVW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laL9FJMIlA Cyber Attack]] (Emergency Action Notification - EAN - same code as would be used for[[TheDeadliestMushroom [[AtomicHate impending nuclear attack]]), attack]])
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6stOdM0jQw Contagious Disease]] (ends with a Contagious Disease Warning -DEW), DEW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22kb4iSXnY Contaminated Water]] (Contaminated Water Warning -CWW), CWW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3nZPLeSeo Food Contamination]] (Food Contamination Warning -FCW), and FCW)
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb35owfaZM Volcano]] (Volcano Warning -VOW) (Note.VOW)
**(Note. Not all of the above links are to recordings of real alerts. Most are for simulations).
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7sUr15rw4 Escaped Wild Animal(s)]] (Local Area Emergency -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hOWRv3WXA Industrial Fire]] (Industrial Fire Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVp4rgXTyg Chemical Hazard]] (Chemical Hazard Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68_VPdxFE0 Tsunami]] (Tsunami Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsV2HKKp9ec Dam Break]] (Dam Break Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWDYlJnLHg Earthquake]] (Earthquake Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzs92N8XgU Landslide]] (Land Slide Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKLXIHJDJus Dust Storm]] (Dust Storm Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGODsu_lL4I Avalanche]] (Avalanche Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laL9FJMIlA Cyber Attack]] (Emergency Action Notification - EAN - same code as would be used for
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6stOdM0jQw Contagious Disease]] (ends with a Contagious Disease Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22kb4iSXnY Contaminated Water]] (Contaminated Water Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3nZPLeSeo Food Contamination]] (Food Contamination Warning -
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb35owfaZM Volcano]] (Volcano Warning -
**(Note. Not all of the above links are to recordings of real alerts. Most are for simulations).
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'''Russia:''' An old system of power-independent wire radio ("radiotochka") still exists for this exact purpose, for performing emergency broadcasts even during blackouts.
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All TV and radio stations are required to test their EBS systems at least [[strike:once a year]] once a month, with weekly tests required for feeder stations. Of course these tests always warn that there's no actual emergency going on first. This has resulted in the phrase "This is a test. This is only a test" having entered into popular culture. As has the annoying sound that follows it: "EEEEEEEEEEEE", though this has mostly been replaced with a screech which resembles that of a modem dialing into {{AOL}} followed by the long tone. Interestingly, the screech that resembles a modem is actually an encoded two-tone ASCII string repeated 3 times that identifies the exact type and magnitude of the alert and its location, and some weather radios can be programmed to only activate the alarm for alerts that apply to where the radio's installed and only for hazards that would actually be of concern to the area (ignoring flood warnings if it's in a building on very high ground for example). However some stations don't even have an announcer doing a pre-warning any longer, squashing a test within a commercial break without any warning and treating it in the same way as a PublicServiceAnnouncement.
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All TV and radio stations are required to test their EBS systems at least [[strike:once a year]] once a month, with weekly tests required for feeder stations. Of course these tests always warn that there's no actual emergency going on first. This has resulted in the phrase "This is a test. This is only a test" having [[MemeticMutation entered into popular culture.culture]]. As has the annoying sound that follows it: "EEEEEEEEEEEE", though this has mostly been replaced with a screech which resembles that of a modem dialing into {{AOL}} followed by the long tone. Interestingly, the screech that resembles a modem is actually an encoded two-tone ASCII string repeated 3 times that identifies the exact type and magnitude of the alert and its location, and some weather radios can be programmed to only activate the alarm for alerts that apply to where the radio's installed and only for hazards that would actually be of concern to the area (ignoring flood warnings if it's in a building on very high ground for example). However some stations don't even have an announcer doing a pre-warning any longer, squashing a test within a commercial break without any warning and treating it in the same way as a PublicServiceAnnouncement.
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Japan calls it \"piro-piro\"
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Also, the Japanese test signal is not entirely standardized across broadcasting stations (even stations within a given city like will differ; examples abound on YouTube) except for the emergency chime, a video/audio description of when a real broadcast would be activated, an emergency tone, and a notification in Japanese that the audible "brrr-brrr-brrr" tone (not the bells mentioned above) is only audible on analog [=TVs=], with an additional device required after the digital transition due to it being a data signal to digital [=TVs=].
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Also, the Japanese test signal is not entirely standardized across broadcasting stations (even stations within a given city like will differ; examples abound on YouTube) except for the emergency chime, a video/audio description of when a real broadcast would be activated, an emergency tone, and a notification in Japanese that the audible "brrr-brrr-brrr" "piro-piro-piro" tone (not (the data burst, not the bells mentioned above) is only audible on analog [=TVs=], with an additional device required after the digital transition due to it being a data signal to digital [=TVs=].
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** Other simulated EAS alerts on YouTube highlight other non-weather, non AtomicHate hazards it is sometimes used for (with the alert-type 3 letter abbreviation for said type added afterwards in parentheses), including some that are recordings of actual EAS activations such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7sUr15rw4 Escaped Wild Animal(s)]] (Local Area Emergency - LAE), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hOWRv3WXA Industrial Fire]] (Industrial Fire Warning - IFW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVp4rgXTyg Chemical Hazard]] (Chemical Hazard Warning - CHW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68_VPdxFE0 Tsunami]] (Tsunami Warning - TSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsV2HKKp9ec Dam Break]] (Dam Break Warning - DBW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWDYlJnLHg Earthquake]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzs92N8XgU Landslide]] (Land Slide Warning - LSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKLXIHJDJus Dust Storm]] (Dust Storm Warning - DSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGODsu_lL4I Avalanche]] (Avalanche Warning - AVW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laL9FJMIlA Cyber Attack]] (Emergency Action Notification - EAN - same code as would be used for [[TheDeadliestMushroom impending nuclear attack]]), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6stOdM0jQw Contagious Disease]] (ends with a Contagious Disease Warning - DEW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22kb4iSXnY Contaminated Water]] (Contaminated Water Warning - CWW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3nZPLeSeo Food Contamination]] (Food Contamination Warning - FCW), and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb35owfaZM Volcano]] (Volcano Warning - VOW) (Note. Not all of the above links are to recordings of real alerts. Most are for simulations).
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** Other simulated EAS alerts on YouTube highlight other non-weather, non AtomicHate hazards it is sometimes used for (with the alert-type 3 letter abbreviation for said type added afterwards in parentheses), including some that are recordings of actual EAS activations such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7sUr15rw4 Escaped Wild Animal(s)]] (Local Area Emergency - LAE), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hOWRv3WXA Industrial Fire]] (Industrial Fire Warning - IFW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVp4rgXTyg Chemical Hazard]] (Chemical Hazard Warning - CHW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68_VPdxFE0 Tsunami]] (Tsunami Warning - TSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsV2HKKp9ec Dam Break]] (Dam Break Warning - DBW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWDYlJnLHg Earthquake]], Earthquake]] (Earthquake Warning - EQW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzs92N8XgU Landslide]] (Land Slide Warning - LSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKLXIHJDJus Dust Storm]] (Dust Storm Warning - DSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGODsu_lL4I Avalanche]] (Avalanche Warning - AVW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laL9FJMIlA Cyber Attack]] (Emergency Action Notification - EAN - same code as would be used for [[TheDeadliestMushroom impending nuclear attack]]), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6stOdM0jQw Contagious Disease]] (ends with a Contagious Disease Warning - DEW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22kb4iSXnY Contaminated Water]] (Contaminated Water Warning - CWW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3nZPLeSeo Food Contamination]] (Food Contamination Warning - FCW), and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb35owfaZM Volcano]] (Volcano Warning - VOW) (Note. Not all of the above links are to recordings of real alerts. Most are for simulations).
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** Other simulated EAS alerts on YouTube highlight other non-weather, non AtomicHate hazards it is sometimes used for (with the alert-type 3 letter abbreviation for said type added afterwards in parentheses), including some that are recordings of actual EAS activations such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7sUr15rw4 Escaped Wild Animal(s)]] (Local Area Emergency - LAE), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hOWRv3WXA Industrial Fire]] (Industrial Fire Warning - IFW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVp4rgXTyg Chemical Hazard]] (Chemical Hazard Warning - CHW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68_VPdxFE0 Tsunami]] (Tsunami Warning - TSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsV2HKKp9ec Dam Break]] (Dam Break Warning - DBW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWDYlJnLHg Earthquake]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzs92N8XgU Landslide]], Landslide]] (Land Slide Warning - LSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKLXIHJDJus Dust Storm]] (Dust Storm Warning - DSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGODsu_lL4I Avalanche]] (Avalanche Warning - AVW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laL9FJMIlA Cyber Attack]] (Emergency Action Notification - EAN - same code as would be used for [[TheDeadliestMushroom impending nuclear attack]]), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6stOdM0jQw Contagious Disease]] (ends with a Contagious Disease Warning - DEW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22kb4iSXnY Contaminated Water]] (Contaminated Water Warning - CWW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3nZPLeSeo Food Contamination]] (Food Contamination Warning - FCW, not officially implimented yet), FCW), and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb35owfaZM Volcano]] (Volcano Warning - VOW) (Note. Not all of the above links are to recordings of real alerts. Most are for simulations).
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** Other simulated EAS alerts on YouTube highlight other non-weather, non AtomicHate hazards it is sometimes used for, including some that are recordings of actual EAS activations such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7sUr15rw4 Escaped Wild Animal(s)]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hOWRv3WXA Industrial Fire]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVp4rgXTyg Chemical Hazard]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68_VPdxFE0 Tsunami]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsV2HKKp9ec Dam Break]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWDYlJnLHg Earthquake]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzs92N8XgU Landslide]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laL9FJMIlA Cyber Attack]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6stOdM0jQw Contagious Disease]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22kb4iSXnY Contaminated Water]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3nZPLeSeo Food Contamination]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb35owfaZM Volcano]] (Note. Not all of the above links are to recordings of real alerts. Most are for simulations).
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** Other simulated EAS alerts on YouTube highlight other non-weather, non AtomicHate hazards it is sometimes used for, for (with the alert-type 3 letter abbreviation for said type added afterwards in parentheses), including some that are recordings of actual EAS activations such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7sUr15rw4 Escaped Wild Animal(s)]], Animal(s)]] (Local Area Emergency - LAE), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hOWRv3WXA Industrial Fire]], Fire]] (Industrial Fire Warning - IFW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVp4rgXTyg Chemical Hazard]], Hazard]] (Chemical Hazard Warning - CHW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68_VPdxFE0 Tsunami]], Tsunami]] (Tsunami Warning - TSW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsV2HKKp9ec Dam Break]], Break]] (Dam Break Warning - DBW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWDYlJnLHg Earthquake]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzs92N8XgU Landslide]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laL9FJMIlA Cyber Attack]], Attack]] (Emergency Action Notification - EAN - same code as would be used for [[TheDeadliestMushroom impending nuclear attack]]), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6stOdM0jQw Contagious Disease]], Disease]] (ends with a Contagious Disease Warning - DEW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22kb4iSXnY Contaminated Water]], Water]] (Contaminated Water Warning - CWW), [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3nZPLeSeo Food Contamination]], Contamination]] (Food Contamination Warning - FCW, not officially implimented yet), and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb35owfaZM Volcano]] (Volcano Warning - VOW) (Note. Not all of the above links are to recordings of real alerts. Most are for simulations).
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''This concludes this test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this had been an actual emergency, you would have been advised to drop to your knees, grab you ankles, and kiss your ass goodbye.''
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** Other simulated EAS alerts on YouTube highlight other non-weather, non AtomicHate hazards it is sometimes used for, including some that are recordings of actual EAS activations such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7sUr15rw4 Escaped Wild Animal(s)]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hOWRv3WXA Industrial Fire]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVp4rgXTyg Chemical Hazard]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68_VPdxFE0 Tsunami]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsV2HKKp9ec Dam Break]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWDYlJnLHg Earthquake]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzs92N8XgU Landslide]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laL9FJMIlA Cyber Attack]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6stOdM0jQw Contagious Disease]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22kb4iSXnY Contaminated Water]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3nZPLeSeo Food Contamination]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb35owfaZM Volcano]]
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** Other simulated EAS alerts on YouTube highlight other non-weather, non AtomicHate hazards it is sometimes used for, including some that are recordings of actual EAS activations such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7sUr15rw4 Escaped Wild Animal(s)]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hOWRv3WXA Industrial Fire]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVp4rgXTyg Chemical Hazard]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68_VPdxFE0 Tsunami]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsV2HKKp9ec Dam Break]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWDYlJnLHg Earthquake]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzs92N8XgU Landslide]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_laL9FJMIlA Cyber Attack]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6stOdM0jQw Contagious Disease]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22kb4iSXnY Contaminated Water]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3nZPLeSeo Food Contamination]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb35owfaZM Volcano]]Volcano]] (Note. Not all of the above links are to recordings of real alerts. Most are for simulations).
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[[EagleLand USA]]: An Emergency Broadcast was for many years usually done using the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System Emergency Broadcast System]], which became the current Emergency Alert System, though occasionally a news broadcast special report will take its place — usually, as in the case of 9/11, when a disaster has already happened and the news media are doing a better job conveying warnings and/or covering the incident than an EAS takeover of the broadcasts could.
[[EagleLand USA]]: An Emergency Broadcast was for many years usually done using the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System Emergency Broadcast System]], which became the current Emergency Alert System, though occasionally a news broadcast special report will take its place — usually, as in the case of 9/11, when a disaster has already happened and the news media are doing a better job conveying warnings and/or covering the incident than an EAS takeover of the broadcasts could.
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'''[[EagleLand USA]]:''' An Emergency Broadcast was for many years usually done using the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System Emergency Broadcast System]], which became the current Emergency Alert System, though occasionally a news broadcast special report will take its place — usually, as in the case of 9/11, when a disaster has already happened and the news media are doing a better job conveying warnings and/or covering the incident than an EAS takeover of the broadcasts could.
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'''[[EagleLand USA]]:''' An Emergency Broadcast was for many years usually done using the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System Emergency Broadcast System]], which became the current Emergency Alert System, though occasionally a news broadcast special report will take its place — usually, as in the case of 9/11, when a disaster has already happened and the news media are doing a better job conveying warnings and/or covering the incident than an EAS takeover of the broadcasts could.
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Canada: Only one province, Alberta, has the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8cgwZxAT4Q Alberta Emergency Public Warning System]], the result of its higher than average rate of tornado activity, which is primarily used for issuing tornado/severe thunderstorm/flash flood warnings. It is also used for missing child alerts and other disasters than severe weather.
United Kingdom: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_minute_warning The Four-Minute Warning]], an emergency broadcast ''only'' to be used in the case of AtomicHate. (This system was dismantled in 1992). Weather warnings and other emergency messages are done through news special reports.
Japan: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_8ZkBXVvMw The Emergency Warning System]] is used primarily as a very short-fuse warning on earthquakes (e.g. 10 seconds or so between warning and quake at best) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTBzHak-4mY to warn for imminent evacuation due to tsunamis]]. The tone will almost immediately be followed up with a broadcast from the NHK in both Japanese and English audio or subtitles. The more bells/more urgent the tone, the more urgent or severe the threat is, and its use is reserved for imminent danger and national tragedies (for example, the tone that was used to indicate the start of WWII has yet to be used again).
United Kingdom: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_minute_warning The Four-Minute Warning]], an emergency broadcast ''only'' to be used in the case of AtomicHate. (This system was dismantled in 1992). Weather warnings and other emergency messages are done through news special reports.
Japan: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_8ZkBXVvMw The Emergency Warning System]] is used primarily as a very short-fuse warning on earthquakes (e.g. 10 seconds or so between warning and quake at best) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTBzHak-4mY to warn for imminent evacuation due to tsunamis]]. The tone will almost immediately be followed up with a broadcast from the NHK in both Japanese and English audio or subtitles. The more bells/more urgent the tone, the more urgent or severe the threat is, and its use is reserved for imminent danger and national tragedies (for example, the tone that was used to indicate the start of WWII has yet to be used again).
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Australia: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM4gPCLzLO8 The Standard Emergency Warning Signal]], used primarily in Queensland to warn of cyclones, but now possibly being expanded for bushfires and terror threats in the rest of the country. Possibly, along with Japan's EWS, one of the few EmergencyBroadcast systems to originally be developed specifically for a weather/geological hazard rather than AtomicHate.
Czech Republic: Alarm sirens are tested the first Wednesday each month, at noon. They are accompanied by voice messages announcing that it's just a test, but especially if you are in a building the only thing you hear is the sirens' wailing.
Austria: Austria has several kinds of alarm sirens that are broadcasted mostly from the firefighter stations.
Czech Republic: Alarm sirens are tested the first Wednesday each month, at noon. They are accompanied by voice messages announcing that it's just a test, but especially if you are in a building the only thing you hear is the sirens' wailing.
Austria: Austria has several kinds of alarm sirens that are broadcasted mostly from the firefighter stations.
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South Korea: Around the fifteenth of every month (usually) at 2pm, civil defense drills are conducted. Sirens go off and all road activity is stopped for fifteen minutes. Pedestrians are encouraged to get off the pavement and take shelter. Radio stations (but not TV) interrupt their broadcasts with the sirens at 2pm and tell people where to go and what to do in case of emergency (usually assumed to be an attack from North Korea). At 2:15pm an all clear siren sounds and normal activity resumes.
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* Played for drama in ModernWarfare 2, where the intro sequence to the mission "Of Their Own Accord" is an emergency broadcast system alert containing evacuation instructions for residents of Washington, D.C.
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* There is an ad for a business in the US called Lumber Liquidators that uses a beep very, very similar to that of the EAS that airs on at least CNN.
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*** This troper was watching one of these mock-ups with YouTube's hilariously inaccurate Transcribe Audio feature, and got [[http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3998/snapshot20110125210259.png this]] rather unsettling image.
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* Used dramatically in the MadeForTelevision movie ''WithoutWarning'', which interrupts the opening of another, ostensibly unrelated TV movie to inform the viewer that a meteor is headed towards Earth.
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** One VERY effective YouTube original horror creation is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWt4Di6zr14 this.]] It's basically the use of the NOAA weather radio emergency tone, civil defense sirens, and some very convincing voiceover work to create a very realistic (but thankfully still merely simulated) EmergencyBroadcast of a [[TheDeadliestMushroom nuclear attack]], all (except for ''one'' brief fast-forward shortly after the beginning) in [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel real-time]]. This *is* basically how it would happen if an attack wasn't a surprise. Sweet dreams.
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** One VERY effective YouTube original horror creation is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWt4Di6zr14 this.]] It's basically the use of the NOAA weather radio emergency tone, civil defense sirens, and some very convincing voiceover work to create a very realistic (but thankfully still merely simulated) EmergencyBroadcast of a [[TheDeadliestMushroom nuclear attack]], all (except for ''one'' brief fast-forward shortly after the beginning) in [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel real-time]]. This *is* basically how it would happen if an attack wasn't a surprise. Sweet dreams.
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** One VERY effective YouTube original horror creation is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWt4Di6zr14 this.]] It's basically the use of the NOAA weather radio emergency tone, civil defense sirens, and some very convincing voiceover work to create a very realistic (but thankfully still merely simulated) EmergencyBroadcast of a [[TheDeadliestMushroom nuclear attack]], all (except for ''one'' brief fast-forward shortly after the beginning) in [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel real-time]]. This *is* basically how it would happen if an attack wasn't a surprise. Sweet dreams.
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** One VERY effective YouTube original horror creation is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWt4Di6zr14 this.]] It's basically the use of the NOAA weather radio emergency tone, civil defense sirens, and some very convincing voiceover work to create a very convincing realistic EmergencyBroadcast of a [[TheDeadliestMushroom nuclear attack]], all (except for ''one'' brief fast-forward shortly after the beginning) in [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel real-time]]. This *is* basically how it would happen if an attack wasn't a surprise. Sweet dreams.
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South Korea: Around the fifteenth of every month (usually) at 2pm, civil defense drills are conducted. Sirens go off and all road activity is stopped for fifteen minutes. Radio stations (but not TV) interrupt their broadcasts with the sirens at 2pm and tell people where to go and what to do in case of emergency (usually assumed to be an attack from North Korea). At 2:15pm an all clear siren sounds and activity resumes.
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South Korea: Around the fifteenth of every month (usually) at 2pm, civil defense drills are conducted. Sirens go off and all road activity is stopped for fifteen minutes. Pedestrians are encouraged to get off the pavement and take shelter. Radio stations (but not TV) interrupt their broadcasts with the sirens at 2pm and tell people where to go and what to do in case of emergency (usually assumed to be an attack from North Korea). At 2:15pm an all clear siren sounds and normal activity resumes.
