Those annoying warnings on the radio, for U.S. citizens.?

Question

You know every once in a while you hear the annoying beeping sound then after like 40 seconds it says 'this has been a test of the national emergency system' or something close to that. What is that for exactly? For things like natural disasters or things like invasion?

Answer 1

It is a product of the cold war, it was to warn of nuclear attack.

Answer 2

Yes. It is often used to alert the public of imminent weather conditions such as sighted tornadoes in this part of the country. I may be wrong but as a kid in the 70's I remember hearing that it was for nuclear attacks. That seems silly as we had nowhere to hide. The warning system today has the capability of being used by anyone who has broadcast authorization including local authorities, state and federal officials.

Answer 3

This is probably left over from the Cold War.

Answer 4

The are like a microsoft Activesync for the chips in our brains, " must love Bush"!This was only a test ,RUBBISH i say

Answer 5

can be used for any major disaster, was orginally created in case of atomic missles were about to hit us, we would be able to run to the nearest fall out shelter.

Now we can just know about 20 minutes before we die that we are going to die

Answer 6

For things Iran or North Korea will try to do to us if we don't press our collective thumbs down on them, REAL HARD.

Answer 7

Yes - storm warnings, 'Amber Alerts', etc. Every so often they test it to make sure it's working.

Answer 8

Exactly. They will direct you what to do in an emergency.

Answer 9

Where are you from......just curious.....