[BC] EAS and War of the Worlds

[Ron Castro]

I saw the film last night, and noticed that same scene.  My though was: wow! 
Another disaster and the damned system STILL doesn't work worth a crap! 
Talk about reality....

Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Gleason" <fredg at salemradiolabs.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 7:33 PM
Subject: [BC] EAS and War of the Worlds


>I just got back from seeing Steven Spielberg's new movie 'War of the 
>Worlds'.
> (Terrific film, BTW.  Despite moving the setting of the story to a 
> different
> continent and 100 years later, Spielburg has done a marvelous job of
> capturing the tone and style of the original H.G. Wells SciFi 
> masterpiece).
>
> At any rate, there is a scene in the movie where a family group is fleeing 
> New
> York City (by then in flames) in a minivan, and suddenly one hears over 
> the
> car radio -- you got it -- EAS tones!  So I'm waiting for some doomsday
> announcement, when what I hear is:  'This is a test of the Emergency Alert
> System...'.  The scene is otherwise a fairly intense one, so I'm sure 
> there
> were some curious glances when I let out an involuntary chuckle.
>
> Automation systems -- gotta love 'em...  :)
>
> Cheers!
>
>
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