Local Alert System Message
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- čas přidán 4. 11. 2009
- After a show was over on tuesday night, i saw this blip across the screen. "LOCAL ALERT SYSTEM? WTF?" i thought to myself.
the message was so vague ("a local authority has issued a DIRECT COMMUNITY ACCESS" ???) that i thought it was fake. i'd never seen an EAS message that said it had been generated by a "LOCAL AUTHORITY". not to mention the fact that there was no alert tone -- as you can see the feed was directly interrupted. it looked and sounded fake enough that i thought it had been made by a hacker.
I called my cable provider and discovered that it was legit -- that it was a scheduled test. now, i've seen at least a thousand of these accursed EAS tests that have interrupted my middle-of-the-night viewing but never with something this vague.
congratulations, local authorities. i've been alerted.
also note the bad overlay on the left hand side of the screen and whatever video feed that is poking out underneath. apparently EAS needs to update their own damned systems.
If I’m gonna be honest, this is even more scary than the usual EAS screen. Probably even scarier than a national alert. Probably because it’s fully in uppercase
Local Access Alerts have been around longer than the EAS (which was introduced in 1997), which is why there's no alert tone.
DanielWS424
Here's the thing, though.
There usually is an alert tone with these, and it varies depending on the equipment used. It's commonly a rapid alternating tone, but there are some that may use a swept frequency.
it's the EBS tone. if you catch it in time
Some LAA activations actually had alert tones (mostly a siren or a loud beep)
The EOM Tone would be a DTMF Tone
most LAA I've seen have rapid phone beeps
At first, this sent chills down my neck
I remember getting something like this about a year ago. I was listening to metallica, while playing minecraft on my phone, with the tv on. Then that message popped up and scared the shit out of me.
Local alerts are separate, but similar to an EAS. They are used by local police and meteorologists to send out alerts that only affect a small area. The PD could call a certain number, enter a pin, and take direct control over the audio and video of a station. Most have been phased out in favor of the EAS's Local Area Emergency alert, but tests are still required in areas that haven't upgraded.
By order from the FCC and FEMA, ALL broadcast stations MUST have eas equipment
@@Galactipod Some Do, But they can still use this system. Some areas may not have the funding to buy EAS equipment(Especially now), So Local Access Alerts are Still Existent actually
I have one of those, but it only works for Tornado Warnings and any other emergencies that is involved in where I live
Its like The EAS, But made in China.
If you really don't want to sleep tonight, you should see the Local Access Alert from 1992 in South Sioux City, NE for a Tornado warning.
Or a test tornado warning in Iowa
I’ve seen that, it’s not that scary.
Or the botched LAA broadcasted during the May 1999 Tornado Outbreak in Oklahoma
Or the LAA from St. Joseph, MO in 2003 issued during a particularly bad snowstorm.
Or the LAA from the 18th Wing Command Post issuing a Tropical Storm Watch in Okinawa while it was accidentally broadcasted on Nickelodeon USA, but then brodcasted on NHK in Japan.
LAAS are fast for a reason to tell about riots that need police department speed
This Aired On An FX Channel In 2009
@statefairshows i have yet to see a "local access alert" EAS message since i saw this. plenty of system tests, and i think i saw an amber alert msg once but no "local access alert" messages.
personally i think we should all go back to CONELRAD. ;)
Never seen that before.
@Clayranger89 this was not homemade, ie i didn't generate it. i was watching television and had my PVR going and this actually interrupted cable broadcast (specifically, F/X). it is an actual part of the EAS. it is not fake. apparently, local authorities can use it to alert people in specific areas of impending doom, such as tornadoes, flash floods, severe thunderstorms, etc.
Ohh ok I mean yeah sometimes it goes off sometimes it doesn't
@tjtaber1988 i had never seen it before the night i recorded this. just plain ol' EAS alerts and amber alerts.
no eas tones tho
Because it's not the EAS...
Holly crap
hey I saw that laa aka local access alert and when it ended the tornado siren started did you heard that siren themaddoktor?
Leonardo Viramontes Was it a test, or an actual alert?
DanielWS424 it was a test
hi. sorry for the delay in response. no tornado siren erupted after this message displayed here.
I love this and the EAS, but this scares the crap out of me.
I do not want nothing
I want a eas
0:29 wtf?
Where was this out of interest and which cable provider?
it was comcast that was the cable provider for this -- would rather not reveal the location mainly because i'm a little paranoid. ;) ... sorry for the delay in response.
what the fuck is a LOCAL ACCESS ALERT?
A Public Warning System the US Has that Is Used on Paid TV services(Usually RF based Cable or Basic Cable). That Allowed Neighborhood Or City Fire Departments, EMS Employees, Council Members, and The Police departments to Override Cable Television To Display alerts affecting only A Small area where the EAS Can't be used or the Threat only applied to one Neighborhood or City. Every City and State uses this system Still, But Nowdays Its rare. Alerts Like these were common among Comcast, WOW, and RCN, Time Warner Customers In the 90's and up to the Late 2000's.