Re: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test

[Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>]

On 10/07/2018 03:49 PM, Fred Baker wrote:
> > On Oct 7, 2018, at 12:23 PM, bzs () theworld com wrote:
> >
> > That was one advantage of the old air raid siren system, it was difficult to ignore and required nothing special to 
> > receive (hearing
> > impaired excepted.)
> Where I grew up, the “Civil Defense Warning” was used for air raids, nuclear defense, and tornado warnings. By 
> regulation, it was tested monthly. When we heard it, which we did, the usual response was “they’re testing the siren 
> again” and resumption of the barely-interrupted activity.

12pm every tuesday here in SF. It's not always very easy to understand 
given the echos though.

Mike