[BC] Another EAS misfire - but it not from broadcasters

Kevin Raper kj4hyd at gmail.com
Tue Dec 13 13:01:19 CST 2011


On Dec 13, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Bob Groome wrote:

>So when/if the real thing comes along, who will believe it?

Nobody, we have found that when people hear the Duck Farts, they hit another preset on their car radios, they don't hang around for the Announcement, actual, or a Test.

The Station's own personal do that too. Just the other day, not 5 minutes after a Tornado alert went out, one of them came in talking about the weather. When I asked them if they heard the EAS Alert that just went out, she said "No, when I hear those noises, I just flip stations...

73,
Kevin Raper
KJ4HYD
CE WCKI WQIZ WLTQ



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