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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:34 AM Original message |
Nation-Wide Test of the Emergency Broadcast System - 2:00 p.m. today. |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Will the intertubes go down too or just the teevees? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. As far as I know it is just broadcast (TV/radio), cable, and satellite TV - not the net. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, noes! |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Wait, man, I thought mid-terms were last week. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. 2PM Eastern time. Listen for the Black Helicopters! |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. Where was the Emergency Broadcast System on 9/11, |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. "Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R) |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. I just pulled yesterday's Oregonian out of the recycling pile... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Fuck. Now I'll have to go check the paper again. Oh well, I need to take a dump anyway. |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. For what it's worth... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. About what? |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That the test is actually today rather than Friday... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. I checked the paper - it just says 2:00, not time-zone specific or uniform. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Don’t Panic This Afternoon: It’s Just a FEMA Test |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. OK. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Right, man. You know how those commies muslim nazi dems are. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Thanks |
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State the Obvious (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. That would be 11:00 a.m. (PT) |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. If you're really old, like me, you remember this: |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. +1 |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Eberbody just relax. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. It has seemed weird to me that they are spending so much time and money to advertise this test |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I get a creepy feeling from it, too. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Well, I'm not going to argue against the need for a national alert system |
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