Possible hacked hazardous Warning appeared on TV with Dr.Suess train hours before NJ Train crash. - General

[QUOTE=Xyrec;51134606]Fuck me, the emergency alert system sound always creeps me the fuck out, and I never get creeped out. There's just something really eerie about knowing that a potentially huge disaster could occur shortly after hearing it.[/QUOTE] There's been a few times where I've fallen asleep with the TV on and I wake up to the EAS blaring and freaking me out. I would take a hour or two after waking up to that to go back to sleep.

[QUOTE=Jouska;51134722]I found another earlier hacked warning alert from two days ago. [video]https://youtu.be/k2WJ4ghNgQk[/video][/QUOTE] Why was this guy recording his tv?

[QUOTE=shadow_oap;51135574]Why was this guy recording his tv?[/QUOTE] DVR maybe?

I mean, the prospect of unknowingly walking into the apocalypse doesn't sound that bad when you compare it to these alerts. If I were chilling at home and this popped up all of a sudden, speaking about hazardous materials spilled all over the country, and then finishes with a creepy, confusing "Would you, could you, on a train", well, I don't think anything short of an armoured bulldozer or the entire All-Blacks lineup would be able to stop me from running like a fucking madman, arms flailing and all.

So either hackers had previous knowledge of the train crash or this is just the greatest coincidence of all time?

EAS has to have some the creepiest sounding noises in existence. Well that and the sound of the tornado sirens ins Chicago. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnkMSmLc6mM[/media] AKA Chicago scares away tornadoes and the apocalypse.

My favorite fictional EAS: [video=youtube;xeXD7t16v8s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeXD7t16v8s[/video]

[QUOTE=RG4ORDR;51135940]EAS has to have some the creepiest sounding noises in existence. Well that and the sound of the tornado sirens ins Chicago. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnkMSmLc6mM[/media] AKA Chicago scares away tornadoes and the apocalypse.[/QUOTE] Jesus christ, thats fucking terrifying. Hearing that coming from somewhere in the fog, nope nope nope

Didn't the team behind the Black Mesa mod set up an entire site with an emergency broadcast looping, warning everyone about the events that took place in Black Mesa? [editline]a bit later[/editline] Here it is, but the domain name expired: bmrf.us Here's a recording of the site: [video]https://youtu.be/MBQ8rPg7UaQ[/video][URL="http://www.bmrf.us/"] [/URL]

[QUOTE=Reflex F.N.;51137259]Didn't the team behind the Black Mesa mod set up an entire site with an emergency broadcast looping, warning everyone about the events that took place in Black Mesa? [editline]a bit later[/editline] Here it is, but the domain name expired: bmrf.us Here's a recording of the site: [video]https://youtu.be/MBQ8rPg7UaQ[/video][URL="http://www.bmrf.us/"] [/URL][/QUOTE] Just something to note: This was for the Pizza Code Mystery ARG.

So it was a false flag? or are ye yankin' me cock, 'ere?

Reminds me of the mist [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRnadHP5JOo[/media] with all these warnings and stuff.

[QUOTE=BioWaster;51147232]So it was a false flag? or are ye yankin' me cock, 'ere?[/QUOTE] [t]http://puu.sh/rwW48/a76e855f34.png[/t] Someone (who is probably in deep shit) dicked with the EAS test, probably an employee.

i think it's believable that this was an accident; things like this have happened before. the dr seuss quote is probably just filler text or something. BBC did something similar a while ago: [IMG]http://www.edugeek.net/attachments/forums/general-chat/25251d1403688487-bbc-news-app-sending-weird-notifications-imageuploadedbyedugeek1403688485.098326.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Reflex F.N.;51137259]Didn't the team behind the Black Mesa mod set up an entire site with an emergency broadcast looping, warning everyone about the events that took place in Black Mesa? [editline]a bit later[/editline] Here it is, but the domain name expired: bmrf.us Here's a recording of the site: [video]https://youtu.be/MBQ8rPg7UaQ[/video][URL="http://www.bmrf.us/"] [/URL][/QUOTE] This is a bit off topic, but this message is really depressing to listen to since we all know how that incident turned out. It's not like the problem just got cleaned up and everybody was able to go back to their normal lives. All of the safety measures listed in the broadcast were for naught, seeing as the Combine just sort of ruined everything in the span of seven hours. Man I wish we had a Half-Life 3 to resolve the story once and for all.

Non-test EAS warnings for Tornadoes and other weather disasters are most bone-chilling thing imaginable. Especially when it's dark and storming and you don't really know whats going on. If you get a weather radio you can get a lot of them. Especially when the robot voice and warnings on my cell phone are telling me to take cover immediately. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2s9cipQrU[/media] This kid has the best example for the phone warning. Wonderful thing to wake up to: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tTQFMcOxMM[/media] In a time when most everyone has a phone in their pocket it's a great way to save lives, but i'd be damned to say it's not a terrifying sound.

[video=youtube;JZIynuYDRVA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIynuYDRVA[/video] The creepiest EAS are the nuclear ones

[QUOTE=OvB;51148990]Non-test EAS warnings for Tornadoes and other weather disasters are most bone-chilling thing imaginable. Especially when it's dark and storming and you don't really know whats going on. If you get a weather radio you can get a lot of them. Especially when the robot voice and warnings on my cell phone are telling me to take cover immediately. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2s9cipQrU[/media] This kid has the best example for the phone warning. Wonderful thing to wake up to: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tTQFMcOxMM[/media] In a time when most everyone has a phone in their pocket it's a great way to save lives, but i'd be damned to say it's not a terrifying sound.[/QUOTE] My dad used to have a weather radio and I remember listening to that down in the basement of my old house any time weather got remotely terrible. As eerie as it seems I actually grew to like it. Hearing the soothing robot man's voice tell me about all of the counties nearby that should immediately seek shelter when I can hear all the pounding rain and wind outside was kind of relaxing.

[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;51148563]Someone (who is probably in deep shit) dicked with the EAS test, probably an employee.[/QUOTE] Seems weirdly coincidental for an employee to just-so-happen to modify the EAS test system and issue a non-test alert in NJ/NY with a train-related Dr. Seuss lyric the night before a horrible train crash in NJ.

I find it weird that we have no real emergency system in the UK- or at least, it never gets tested. We took down the vast majority of our air raid/ nuclear strike sirens in the 80s and 90s, so if anything ever happens I guess they'll just show it on the BBC or something.

I don't know if I can think of scarier and more disturbing sounds than emergency broadcasts and air raid sirens.

[QUOTE=Durrsly;51135076]The tones do contain information (mainly specifying the emergency). When EAS is used in movies/TV shows/radio stuff etc. they make sure to use ones from tests, and to lower the audio to lower the risk of setting off equipment.[/QUOTE] Indeed they do. The initial tones, that are repeated three times and sound like a scratchy horn, actually contain digital information. The way it works is that TV and radio stations relay from one another. The tones tell where the alert originated from, the nature of the alert, and the locations to where it is applicable. These trigger automatic equipment in a TV or radio station that relays the message. After these tones an audio message can be included with additional info, then the closing tones are sent. They sound like the first tones but much shorter. So for example: [QUOTE=TheDestroyerOfall;51148999][video=youtube;JZIynuYDRVA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIynuYDRVA[/video] The creepiest EAS are the nuclear ones[/QUOTE] This tones beginning this video can be decoded: [code]ZCZC-CIV-RMT-051181-051700-051093-051199-051095-051830+0100-1641516-WAVYTV10-B+_%_:_@_ ZCZC-CIV-RMT-051181-051700-051093-051199-051095-051830+0100-1641516-WAVYTV10-R___c_Nb^ ZCZC-CIV-RMT-051181-051700-051093-051199-051095-051830+0100-1641516-WAVYTV10[/code] "ZCZC" means the that this is the beginning of the message "CIV" means the message originated from "Civil Authorities". Other codes, such as "NWS" for National Weather Service, are possible. however: "RMT" means "Required Monthly Test", which means that the tones were copied from a recording of a monthly test of the EAS system. In a real nuclear emergency message, the code would be "EAN" which is an Emergency Action Notification, which is a nationwide alert, initiated by the president. The following sequence of numbers are the FIPS county codes where the alert is applicable, followed by a timestamp. The county codes prevent a local message, like a weather alert, from being broadcast in areas where the alert doesn't apply. In nationwide alerts, these would be replaced by some kind of wildcard, that would activate all stations regardless. In this case, the codes indicate 6 counties around Newport News, VA. Finally "WAVYTV10" is the station that has last relayed the alert. The remaining symbols are junk that the decoder accidentally picked up. Following the voice message, at the end of the video, shorter tones are heard. This tells the relay equipment to stop recording and go ahead and forward the message. The text is simply "NNNN" which is old teletype shorthand for ending a message. The relaying station will send the new message, and will duplicate any audio it picked up between the beginning tones and the closing tones. Not all messages will have an audio portion, and the beginning tones will be immediately followed by the closing ones. If you have a weather radio, it actually uses these tones to decide whether or not to sound its alarm. You would program the radio with county code(s) for where you live, and if it detects those in a message, it goes off. If you're curious, there is a program called [url=http://www.dxsoft.com/en/products/seatty/]SeaTTY[/url] that can decode these tones into plaintext, however it is a demo program that will stop working after a time. Cool nevertheless.

Jeez Louiz, you Aussies and your Emergency Broadcasts! [video=youtube;PrjBgufwWuk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrjBgufwWuk[/video]

What's even weirder about this message, is that multiple signals went off at the same time across the country, and some people are right now monitoring it for the possibility of a tip-off on any upcoming earthquake in Cali.

All this EAS stuff reminds me of Jericho and all the confusion the show's characters went through trying to piece together what happened.

[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;51153591]All this EAS stuff reminds me of Jericho and all the confusion the show's characters went through trying to piece together what happened.[/QUOTE] That was a really cool show. It bums me out how it just kinda petered out in the ratings.