Scary Stuff! Fictional EAS Situations

[Zachstar]

For those who do not know what the EAS Or Emergency Alert System is look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System (Noncontroversial topic = Ok to use Wiki as info)

Mainly is that strange sound you hear on TV As they do the tests. The reason for the sounds is so that Other stations EAS equipment tuned into it will know what to rebroadcast. The chain is supposed to continue and within 10 minutes the entire country able to listen in to the President or a Singular source. Of course that has never happened and most of the time it is activated locally for local emergencies, Amber Alerts, and Weather events.

Have you ever wondered tho what a BAD situation's EAS might sound like. I wondered that myself multiple times so I was excited when I found a group of videos from several youtube members about fictional EAS Situations. These are created from a mix of programs and audio creators Text to speech and video creation software. Obviously they are fake. Some I believe are recreations based on NWS Text and other sources but none of them came from the EAS itself. Which is um good because I rather not have by brains eaten by a Zombie...

Speaking of which it seems to be everything from the silly Zombie

To the recent

To to the storm

To the horrific

For a great deal of other fictional simulations see http://www.youtube.com/user/theEASexperience#g/u and http://www.youtube.com/user/EASvideocreator#g/u



To me these videos are a cold terror without emotion that makes you think. What if I was there? Some of the situations are downright horrific while others are sudden and terrifying without the use of video scenes just text on various color backgrounds.

Anyone else into these fictional EAS simulations?

[Dowly]

Jebus that sound's annoying. We got that too (except for the speech, they really didn't think of the blind on that one ) and it's just SOS repeating over and over and the text rolling on the screen.

[Zachstar]

The speech is to provide detailed info to TV and Radio. It helps when TV and Radio can be used as sources for the info. It keeps the "chain" from being easily compromised.

[Oberon]

I've come across a few of these.



But what REALLY gives me the chills is this:



For some, perhaps the last sound they'd ever hear before the big flash.

[Zachstar]

Very true indeed. And while the EAS is more resilient to sections of stations going out that partially plagued EBS planning. It is not without accidents of its own.



What I don't understand about this news bit tho is how silly people somehow get nuclear attack from audio from a confused talk show host. And NOBODY has the ears to decode the SAME signal. And on top of that calling her realitives to take shelter? Does that not prove how silly people can get? Mass calling jams the lines preventing emergency services to use the lines.

[heartc]

On a related note:



Some of you might know that one already. But I wanted to post it anyway.

This scenario is always coming back into my head when I hear people here complaining about the reunification. Yes, there are lots of people doing so. Mostly because of the way it was done in economical terms, e.g. 1:1 currency exchange rate etc.
But I always think, however poorly it might have been dealt with, we can still thank the heavens that the Cold War ended as it did. Seeing how mankind usually deals with things, we were a lucky bunch indeed.

BTW, this movie has a few weaknesses. For example, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense that there are people there giving interviews in a cozy documentary after the fact, as if nothing happened. Then again, it would have been hard to tell the story with nobody left telling it. Still, it might have possibly been a bit more plausible if it was done like 100 years (or 1000+) after. As it is done, it seems like it happened only last year or so.

[heartc]

BTW, it is an originally German production by channel 2 state television station, which is why it somewhat centers around German players and news reports regarding the Western / NATO side.
Then again, the divided Germany of course *was* very much the epicenter of the Cold War and in the event of a possible escalation, as in this scenario.

EDIT: Disregard. Now watching it again, I see it was well done in terms of parties involved. I remembered it a bit differently.

EDIT 2: No, wait, I see now that the English / International version has been a little bit edited when it comes to journalists / news reports. Obviously to have the English / US viewers get to see more familiar faces, so that a similar authentic effect materializes for them as for a German watching "his" daily news reporters.