Coming September, 27 FEMA (federal emergency management) will be testing the EAS (emergency alert system). This test will be broadcasted on radio stations, TV, cable, satellite and digital radio. Why?
Opinion: If you are in your 40's you may recall that the first Tuesday of every month the CD (civil defense) siren would go off. That was discontinued and come to think of it I don't see those sirens around anymore. I guess they went the route of bomb shelters. Back then the called it the emergency broadcast system.
Today it has been replaced with the EAS and I rarely see an EAS test on the TV or radio.
So I ask why are they testing 'out of the blue'? Could it be related to North Korea's recent barrage of warlike rhetoric or maybe an alien invasion. I guess anything is possible. I just find it odd.
What do you think? Please comment I am interested in your views. Thank you for reading.