"Nobody Wins a Nuclear War" But "Success" is Possible (fwd)
Shawn K. Quinn
skquinn at speakeasy.net
Sat Feb 26 22:55:29 PST 2011
On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 18:34 -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> I can't even imagine the panic of hearing "this is *not* a test"!
> Interestingly, the EBS had at least one accidental activation in the late
> 60's or early 1970s, which I fortunately missed out on: good for me!
Growing up, I heard it used a couple of times here locally during severe
weather events. But I don't dispute at all that the tests were more
common than real activations. I'm glad testing of the EAS is a bit less
obtrusive.
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Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at speakeasy.net>
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