Communications down for 3 minutes

Yes, eventually alternative means of communicating will be set up but until then we will all be in the dark and that's how they want it.

The question is why? My guess is that they see the "Occupy" protests now turning violent and they are getting ready for an economic crash and civil war.

Nothing else really makes sense other than war, plague or an Earth Impact. There's really very little else that could effect us on a national scale. It's all about control.

The purpose of the test is to assess the reliability and effectiveness of the EAS as a public alert mechanism. EAS Participants currently participate in state-level monthly tests and local-level weekly tests, but no top-down review of the entire system has ever been undertaken. The Commission, along with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will use the results of this nationwide test to assess the reliability and effectiveness of the EAS as a public alert mechanism, and will work together with EAS stakeholders to make improvements to the system as appropriate.



When is the EAS used? When would a national EAS alert be sent?

the national EAS test will test the underlying architecture that also supports state and local alerting. Ensuring that the EAS architecture functions properly will benefit emergency alerting at all levels of government.



Why do we need a nationwide test of the EAS?

a major disaster like an earthquake or tsunami could necessitate the use of the EAS on a regional or national basis to send life-saving information to the public. We cannot anticipate which communications infrastructure will withstand a particular disaster, but the EAS is one of the tools we have to send alerts, warnings, and information to the American people. The national EAS test will help us improve its capabilities should it ever be needed at the regional or national level in an actual emergency.



How will the nationwide EAS test be conducted?

The nationwide EAS test will be conducted jointly by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through its Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS), the three federal agencies that have EAS management responsibilities



How long will the test last?

We anticipate that the test will last approximately 30 seconds.

I wouldn't be searching for it at this time.  Halloween has passed.



and I lost my goofy goggled-eyed glasses along with the big red floppy shoes.

Good call 2pm EST.  No Baseball,  no Football,  no Hockey,  no Basketball.

         Potter