The Emergency Broadcast System

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Liam

The EAS is a national public warning system that requires broadcasters, cable television systems, wireless cable systems, satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) providers, and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers to provide the communications capability to the President to address the American public during a national emergency. The system also may be used by state and local authorities to deliver important emergency information, such as AMBER alerts and weather information targeted to specific areas.

To read more, visit their website.

http://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/services/eas/

Thanks for this and the link. I have never seen this used this way before today and we usually get a crap load of snow. Even the hurricane warning this summer didnt activate this on a local level.

Last Amber alert I got was thru the town emergency phone system.

Our local warnings have always come from local stations with an emergency notice bar on the bottom of the screen.

Learned something new today.