The EAS - General - Facepunch Forum

[highlight]Emergency Alert System = EAS[/highlight], yo. This thread is about the EAS, or Emergency Alert System. Here's some information about it (From Wikipedia) [release]The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the United States put into place in 1997, superseding the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) and the CONELRAD System. It is jointly coordinated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the National Weather Service (NWS). The official EAS is designed to enable the President of the United States to speak to the United States within 10 minutes (this official federal EAS has never been activated). The EAS regulations and standards are governed by the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC. Each state and several territories have their own EAS plan.[1] The EAS covers AM, FM and Land Mobile Radio Service, as well as VHF, UHF and cable television including low-power stations. Digital television and cable providers, along with Sirius XM satellite radio, Worldspace, IBOC, DAB and digital radio broadcasters have been required to participate in the EAS since December 31, 2006.[citation needed] DirecTV, Dish Network, Muzak, DMX Music, Music Choice and all other DBS providers have been required to participate since May 31, 2007.[/release] The EAS system is fucking scary for the most part, with the attention getter tone, the odd voice conveying a warning. [b]Media, yo.[/b] A real EAS for hurricane Katrina. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkruQZpQ2g8[/media] A fake EAS from a Modern Warfare 2 custscene. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeXD7t16v8s[/media] [b]My thoughts on it, yo.[/b] I personally hate the noise the EAS makes, and if there's an amber alert, I get a little edgy. But other than that, I think it also serves a useful purpose. Would you care to share your opinion on this... odd system?

Super interesting read about a system that everyone just associates with amber alerts and severe weather.

And yet people ignored this message.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;25808756]And yet people ignored this message.[/QUOTE] Its the EAS, who doesn't ignore it?

Who would ignore it when its loud as fuck

Man, that Katrina one is freaky, "The area will be uninhabitable for weeks, maybe longer...a hurricane of unprecedented strength" [editline]2nd November 2010[/editline] Also, what's the point of this thread?

You do realize the "annoying attention-getter tone" is also digitalized data (SAME Header) containing event codes and related metadata, right?

That Katrina one is such a negative nancy

[QUOTE=dag10;25811925]You do realize the "annoying attention-getter tone" is also digitalized data (SAME Header) containing event codes and related metadata, right?[/QUOTE] how would I go about decoding this data

[QUOTE=dag10;25811925]You do realize the "annoying attention-getter tone" is also digitalized data (SAME Header) containing event codes and related metadata, right?[/QUOTE] I researched SAME headers for a project. Their used to be a NOAA SAME that you could create your own. [editline]2nd November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=viperfan7;25811997]how would I go about decoding this data[/QUOTE] SAME decoder

[QUOTE=viperfan7;25811997]how would I go about decoding this data[/QUOTE] Most decoders are hardware (rack-mount) solutions. There are software SAME decoders out there, but I don't know of any, and a quick Google search failed for me.

I get this about once a week. It's a required weekly test on att u-verse i think. I don't mind it, unless it turns on in the middle of an important conversation.

[QUOTE=LifeIsGood;25807620] I personally hate the noise the EAS makes, and if there's an amber alert, I get a little edgy. But other than that, I think it also serves a useful purpose. Would you care to share your opinion on this... odd system?[/QUOTE] Those loud sounds are a part of the SAME header that is sent directly to broadcasting centers. Ninja'd. But there probably bare decoders out there somewhere.