Re:That thing is for real ? (Score 3, Interesting)

It did not go off at our radio stations during 9/11 .. but then we are nowhere near any of the places that were attacked. However, it is used. We have had it go off for weather emergencies, and for Amber Alerts to find potentially kidnapped children. (In both cases locally, the children were found within an hour of the alert being broadcast.) So, not quite useless... but could be used better than it is. Oh, and we had to pay for all the equipment, and the changeover in equip from the EBS to the EAS. So no fed moneys come to us to pay for it. On another note, we do not monitor every possible frequency out there for carrying forward EAS alerts... someone wanting to "hack into the system" would have to also know the exact frequencies we do monitor, and override those freqs... not that that's too hard to figure out, but it's another wrench in the way. KDLynch