Failures Mark First National Test of Emergency Alert System

An anonymous reader writes "The first full-scale test of the National Emergency Alert System failed on Tuesday at 2 PM. Some radio and television networks did not air any alert, while the performance of others was inconsistent. 'Some DirectTV customers reported hearing Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" play during the test. Some Comcast subscribers saw their cable boxes turn to QVC before the alert, while Time Warner Cable customers in New York did not see any alert at all.'" If you were tuned to any American broadcaster at the time, did the alert system reach you?

Comments

Re:Government failure?

[rwven]

This is intended to be satirical and sarcastic, right?

Re:Damn straight!

[BitZtream]

These are, however, not opt-in systems, and they have no opt-out.

You chose to opt-in when you didn't vote at the town hall meeting on the issue, and you can always opt-out by moving or getting it taken away by attending a town hall issue.

I know, I know, you're one of the 99% who thinks lazy bitching works to change the world rather than actually participating in your governmental processes.

Right after our local city crowed about how they could annoy everyone all at once at their whim, I called the company they said they had hired. The people there had absolutely no clue what I was talking about when I told them to remove my number from their system and never call it.

You freaked out like they were ruining your life because they bothered you so much ... and they had bothered you SO MUCH at that point that the people who were bothering you had no fucking clue they were supposed to be bothering you.

You're just a douche. What will be funny as shit is when you get killed/maimed due to your own douchebaggedness (tm).