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[ NNSquad ] First national Emergency Alert System (EAS) test: FAIL in many areas
First national Emergency Alert System (EAS) test: FAIL in many areas Apparently the first ever national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) can be declared a failure in many areas. Reports are coming in of broadcast stations that did not show the test, even while local cable systems did, and places where broadcast stations did alert and cable systems failed to activate their warning systems. Here in L.A., I monitored and recorded two outlets: KCBS-DT (2) via an antenna, and CNN HD on Time Warner Cable. KCBS broadcast *did* run the test as planned. Time Warner Cable (at least here in the West Valley) did not. Normally for EAS activations (tests, weather alerts, etc.) TW triggers a red banner warning that overrides programming on all cable channels. This did *not* occur for the national test at 11am PST today. FAIL. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com