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Guam Radio Stations Accidentally Conduct Emergency Alert Amid North Korea Threat (theguardian.com)
the_webmaestro writes: A couple of radio stations in Guam conducted an unscheduled test of the Emergency Alert Broadcast System, sending some residents -- already on edge due to the back and forth between the North Korean regime and the tweets made by the President of the United States -- into a panic. From the Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense Facebook page: "The Offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense (GHS/OCD), in conjunction with the Mariana Regional Fusion Center (MRFC), our federal and military partners, continue to monitor the recent events surrounding North Korea and their threatening actions. Residents and visitors may have noticed at 12:25 a.m., an unscheduled test of the Emergency Alert Broadcast System (EAS) was triggered from KTWG/KSTO AM. The message read: 'A BROADCAST STATION OR CABLE SYSTEM HAS ISSUED A CIVIL DANGER WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES/AREAS: Guam, Guam; AT 12:25 AM ON AUG 15, 2017 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 12:40 AM. MESSAGE FROM KTWGKSTO.' The unauthorized test was NOT connected to any emergency, threat or warning. GHS/OCD has worked with KSTO to ensure the human error will not occur again. There is no scheduled test of the EAS or All Hazards Alert Warning System sirens today."
In addition, the Guam Power Authority (GPA) reported there were two scheduled outages, for emergency interruption of power, at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., August 14: "Unrelated to the EAS unauthorized test, the Guam Power Authority (GPA) reported there were two scheduled outages, for emergency interruption of power, at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., August 14 for customers located in Talofofo located along along Rte.17, Chalan J. Kindo, Vicente Borja Dr., Felix Dydasco St., Henry Simpson area to bus shelter by Bishop Street and other customers in these locations."
In addition, the Guam Power Authority (GPA) reported there were two scheduled outages, for emergency interruption of power, at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., August 14: "Unrelated to the EAS unauthorized test, the Guam Power Authority (GPA) reported there were two scheduled outages, for emergency interruption of power, at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., August 14 for customers located in Talofofo located along along Rte.17, Chalan J. Kindo, Vicente Borja Dr., Felix Dydasco St., Henry Simpson area to bus shelter by Bishop Street and other customers in these locations."
or broadcast?
Every Friday morning the civil defense alarm would go off at 10AM and everyone would duck underneath their desk. Except for the teacher, as she was eight months pregnant and ducked to the doorway. We didn't know who had the more edgier trigger finger on the red button: the Russians or Ronald Reagan.
Good for underwear sales!
In other news, local hospitals report no cases of constipation for the prior 48 hours.
If you read between the lines, I guess that means GHS/OCD eliminated the human responsible for sending that message? It's the only way to be sure.
I once worked for a place where the top boss did the notification recordings. One morning the radio was doing a typical test and I was thinking, "Shit, my boss followed me home and is waking me up! Or, is this a bad dream?"
I wonder if someday we'll hear:
"This is a test of the American Emergency Broadcasting System. I am the Great President Donald J. Trump, who by the way won the popular vote if you discount the filthy illegals who work at milk places. If this were a bigly emergency, I'd tell you exactly what to do and where to do. I'm really good at that, believe me; it's what I did as a really really successful businessman. If you hear some other looozer on the radio talking in a showboating emergency-sounding voice, ignore them, they are fake news. I alone can rescue the world. MAGA out!"
Table-ized A.I.
Why don't you come to Tennessee and I'll show you what real whiskey is.
Which is a literary tool to give you a clue of what is to come. Because, remember, after all, it's all about
TRUMP powa!
"Everyone involved in this shit show is to blame." -Trump
"NAAAAAZZZZZIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - Braindead Leftists
Unless they eliminated all the humans, then human error is still possible.
vos nescitis quicquam, nec cogitatis quia expedit nobis ut unus moriatur homo pro populo et non tota gens pereat.
Is that the euphemism for Department For Responding to H-Bomb Attacks?
Not as Nazi as the Muslims but you still bow to their bullshit.
Keep sucking that Allah cock. You'll love bowing down to Mecca with a gun at your head.
Sorry kids... Bert has long since died of laughter after being subjected to cruelty of over the top US government propaganda.
which is a Putin publication.
In addition,
the Guam Power Authority (GPA) reported there were two scheduled outages, for emergency interruption of power, at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., August 14:
"Unrelated to the EAS unauthorized test,
the Guam Power Authority (GPA) reported there were two scheduled outages, for emergency interruption of power, at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., August 14
What is a scheduled outage for emergency interruption, anyway?
And when is it again?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
We apologise for the accidental civil danger warning. Now here's a real one: don't swim in the water around Guam. Since the first civil danger warning it's gone a funny brown colour.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
If you use twitter a lot does that make you a twit? or is it that twits have some pre-disposition to using twitter. Maybe we should ask the biggest twit of them all.
This is how war starts Guam, get your shit together.
Made for great late-night Twittering.
When did slashdot get hijacked by DUMB FUCKS?
Is this the place where all the dipshits are hanging out these days?
CRY_BABIES_ARE_US == '_dot post'
Good fuckin' night Gurtie.
I don't think this is an accident. Seems too blunderheaded to be explained that way, especially since it happened two times. Clearly, somebody in the military thought that it'd be an opportune moment to test how people would react. It was some sort of experiment.
They say accident... However, this is exactly the type of thing you can gauge fear, reaction, doubt, and error checking on. "Let's see what people will do if it happens in a time of fear so we can modify the process to work better."
Wait, I'm living in dream world again where people actually care. It was probably a mistake rooted in idiocy. ;>