{"id":7626,"date":"2011-11-04T14:54:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=7626"},"modified":"2026-07-19T19:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:35:01","slug":"national-emergency-alert-system-test-set-for-november-9th-raises-some-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/national-emergency-alert-system-test-set-for-november-9th-raises-some-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"National Emergency Alert System Test Set for November 9th Raises Some Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This just in from a Lighthouse Trails reader:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if you&#8217;ve heard about this test scheduled for next week or not. From what I hear on the radio and tv, there has been no mention whatsoever about the<strong><em> FIRST NATIONAL<\/em><\/strong> Emergency Alert System test. You&#8217;ve all seen those &#8220;Emergency Broadcast System&#8221; Service Announcements. In\u00a0[my state]\u00a0when there are monsoons or severe weather alerts, they will break in to TV and Radio to make the warning. Also if there has been a child kidnapping, Amber Alerts appear on radio and tv as well.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This will be different<\/span>. This will be a <em>nationwide<\/em> test, consuming anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes of air time [FEMA has apparently reduced this to 30 seconds because of public concerns], across TV, Radio, Satellite, and Cable. I have not been able to find out if Internet or cell phone will be affected. [As far as we know, Internet will not be affected.]<\/p>\n<p>The FCC has to have permission by the current President in order to do this, and Obama has signed off on this. It will test the Nation&#8217;s infrastructure of communications. It will be the first of many, and they will find out where the holes are and how to improve it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One word of caution:<\/strong> During this test, it may or may not say &#8220;This is a Test.&#8221; What they will say is <em>&#8220;It is an Alert.&#8221; <\/em><br \/>\nWell,\u00a0if\u00a0some listening have\u00a0no idea that this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">test<\/span> is coming, they may freak out. Since the Government seems to be making LITTLE effort in warning people of this future event, I&#8217;m taking it upon myself to warn those whom I care for and maybe you&#8217;ll pass the information along.<\/p>\n<p>*** There are a lot of people who have taken issue\u00a0with this test and attached their own conspiracy theories to it. I have not done that because I think it&#8217;s obvious by their (the Govt.) own actions they are not being forth coming. I will leave you to speculate on whatever you&#8217;d like, this is for information purposes only&#8230;***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111105065946\/https:\/\/www.gawker.com\/5856276\/first-nationwide-public-warning-test-induces-widespread-panic\">First Nationwide Public Warning Test Induces Widespread Panic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151121030511\/https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/encyclopedia\/emergency-alert-system-nationwide-test\">http:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/encyclopedia\/emergency-alert-system-nationwide-test<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120709025906\/http:\/\/www.fema.gov:80\/emergency\/ipaws\/eas_info.shtm\">http:\/\/www.fema.gov\/emergency\/ipaws\/eas_info.shtm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This just in from a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[475,45],"tags":[48,237,238,431,493,977],"class_list":["post-7626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor","category-signs-of-the-times","tag-obama","tag-end-times","tag-last-days","tag-bible-prophecy","tag-second-coming","tag-nationwide-emergency-alert","wpcat-475-id","wpcat-45-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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