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HungLikeJesus · 05-23-2011, 05:44 PM

Really? By your description it sounded more like an HS#2.

Nirvana · 05-23-2011, 06:52 PM

When you see it coming right at you, OF comes to mind before HS

footfootfoot · 05-23-2011, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by kerosene

Crazy, Nirvana! I think I would freak out in that situation. I cower in fear when I see a dark cloud nearby and my house has no basement!

I see what you did thar.

wolf · 05-23-2011, 07:37 PM

One's heading toward Allentown according to the emergency alert crawler.

Wonder if Billy Joel will have to do a new verse for the song.

Clodfobble · 05-23-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Nirvana

Its amazing how calm you get when you think your ass is grass! [ endorphins?] It was almost like watching the beginning of the Wizard of Oz in slo mo

That's a good survival instinct. They've done studies revealing that people who are totally relaxed during car crashes (e.g., very drunk people) usually walk away with far less substantial injuries than people who are tense and scared shitless. If your muscles are tight, the force will tear them. Relaxed, and you'll just flop around until you stop.

Griff · 05-24-2011, 05:37 AM

Scarey freakin stuff, I'm glad you're okay.

infinite monkey · 05-24-2011, 07:30 AM

Yikes, 'vana! Me too glad you're OK. So sorry about the cow.

We had some more warnings last night. More this spring than I ever remember before. The last media-induced scare (well, the do exaggerate a bit) was funny in retrospect, because the sirens didn't go off in our town until well after the system had passed. I thought that was true, but since I live outside of town I thought maybe the alarm was drowned by rain and wind sounds. My friends in town said, no...about 15 minutes after it all had passed our alarms kicked in.

Nice.

classicman · 05-24-2011, 08:13 AM

Holy Cow! Glad you are ok. Very scary stuff.

I saw one up close and in person - no thanks.

sorry bout the animals.

monster · 05-24-2011, 09:31 AM

How is the dog today, Nirvana?

BigV · 05-24-2011, 11:55 AM

glatt and others--

some other thread discussed the uselessness of weather radios for alerts for dangerous weather/flood/etc. Here's something that I think will fill the bill for you. Coming soon: weather alerts to your cell phone.

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The U.S. government and local authorities will soon be able to reach people directly on their cellphones to warn them of imminent danger or alert them about missing children — even in the middle of a widespread emergency that overloads communications systems as happened after the Sept. 11 attacks, officials said Tuesday.

The emergency alert system will be used only for critical national messages from the president, information in life-threatening situations and Amber Alerts meant to widen the search for missing or abducted youngsters, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday. He was accompanied by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate.

The system, set to launch by the end of the year in New York City and Washington, D.C., will spread to most if not all U.S. cellphones in the next few years as people replace their old phones with new devices containing a special chip that will enable them to receive the messages. They will receive the alerts free of charge.

glatt · 05-24-2011, 12:13 PM

Sounds like a good idea, but I know how these things work. Soon, they will be texting us that using seat belts will save lives. Oh, and time to set the clocks back. Power corrupts.

monster · 05-24-2011, 01:03 PM

There'd better be an optout.

BigV · 05-24-2011, 02:02 PM

do you believe the current incarnation of the emergency broadcast system has been corrupted like you imagine the phone based one might be?

wrt optout==powerswitch.

monster · 05-24-2011, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

wrt optout==powerswitch.

/=. I would still want to hear from my loved ones.

infinite monkey · 05-24-2011, 02:34 PM

wrt==wtf?

WRT With Regard To
WRT With Respect To
WRT World Rally Team
WRT With Reference To
WRT Web Runtime (cell phone application)
WRT Wrought
WRT Walter Reade Theater
WRT Westchester Reform Temple
WRT Wallace Roberts & Todd
WRT Workforce Review Team (National Health Service body responsible for workforce planning in England)
WRT Water Restoration Technician (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification)
WRT Wealth Replacement Trust
WRT Workshop on Refactoring Tools
WRT Water Round Torpedo
WRT Wildlife Rehabilitation Today (magazine)
WRT Welcome Real Time (Aix-en-Provence, France)
WRT Windowed Radon Transform
WRT Wireless Receiver/Transmitter
WRT World Roofing Technologies (South Africa)
WRT Writer's Round Table
WRT Warrior River Terminal Company
WRT Wastewater Retention Tank

05-23-2011, 05:44 PM	#16
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Really? By your description it sounded more like an HS#2. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

05-23-2011, 06:52 PM	#17
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	When you see it coming right at you, OF comes to mind before HS __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

05-23-2011, 07:37 PM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	One's heading toward Allentown according to the emergency alert crawler. Wonder if Billy Joel will have to do a new verse for the song. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-24-2011, 05:37 AM	#21
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Scarey freakin stuff, I'm glad you're okay. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-24-2011, 08:13 AM	#23
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Holy Cow! Glad you are ok. Very scary stuff. I saw one up close and in person - no thanks. sorry bout the animals. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-24-2011, 07:30 AM	#22
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Yikes, 'vana! Me too glad you're OK. So sorry about the cow. We had some more warnings last night. More this spring than I ever remember before. The last media-induced scare (well, the do exaggerate a bit) was funny in retrospect, because the sirens didn't go off in our town until well after the system had passed. I thought that was true, but since I live outside of town I thought maybe the alarm was drowned by rain and wind sounds. My friends in town said, no...about 15 minutes after it all had passed our alarms kicked in. Nice.

05-24-2011, 09:31 AM	#24
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	How is the dog today, Nirvana? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-24-2011, 12:13 PM	#26
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sounds like a good idea, but I know how these things work. Soon, they will be texting us that using seat belts will save lives. Oh, and time to set the clocks back. Power corrupts.

05-24-2011, 01:03 PM	#27
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	There'd better be an optout. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-24-2011, 02:02 PM	#28
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	do you believe the current incarnation of the emergency broadcast system has been corrupted like you imagine the phone based one might be? wrt optout==powerswitch. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-24-2011, 02:34 PM	#30
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	wrt==wtf? WRT With Regard To WRT With Respect To WRT World Rally Team WRT With Reference To WRT Web Runtime (cell phone application) WRT Wrought WRT Walter Reade Theater WRT Westchester Reform Temple WRT Wallace Roberts & Todd WRT Workforce Review Team (National Health Service body responsible for workforce planning in England) WRT Water Restoration Technician (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification) WRT Wealth Replacement Trust WRT Workshop on Refactoring Tools WRT Water Round Torpedo WRT Wildlife Rehabilitation Today (magazine) WRT Welcome Real Time (Aix-en-Provence, France) WRT Windowed Radon Transform WRT Wireless Receiver/Transmitter WRT World Roofing Technologies (South Africa) WRT Writer's Round Table WRT Warrior River Terminal Company WRT Wastewater Retention Tank

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