See the Top 5 Moments From the EAS System’s Failed National Test
- Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:46am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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On Wednesday, we reported that the national Emergency Alert System test was far from a success. There were problems reported all across the country, from garbled messages to even pop singer Lady Gaga playing on some sets. Well now, thanks to Clip Syndicate and YouTube, we have the top five moments from the failed test. The first four are in the initial video below, while Lady Gaga belting out her tune is in the latter video.
Here’s how Clip Syndicate describes its compilation:
Snippets of Emergency Alert System test as it appeared on television in Montana, San Francisco, New York and Denver. One news anchor quipped that the audio-less test didn’t seem to work correctly. A Critical Mention sampling of stations failed to detect Lady Gaga in the background audio, but there was plenty of static and distortion.
And here is the now-infamous DirecTV flub where Lady Gaga was broadcast:
But those weren’t the only problems:
During the test, a number of glitches showed up ranging from blank television screens, dead radio air and inexplicable broadcasts. News reports an online blogs said some DirectTV customers said they heard Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” play during the test interval. Some Comcast subscribers saw their cable boxes turn to QVC before the alert and Time Warner Cable customers in New York said they didn’t see any alert at all.
Officials have since tried to downplay the mistakes.
For more information, check out our earlier report on the botched test.
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Comments (125)
BOMUSTGO
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:25pmThis Excecutive Order is the hands of FEMA, EO 10995 provides for the takeover of the communications media.Signed during the Nixon years. (It is also plank #6 in the Communist Manifesto #6 Centralization of the means of communications and transportation in the hands of the State.)
Report Post »goatrope67
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:42pmSigned by a Republican.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:38pmPDD51 gives POTUS the ability to seize power over the US over riding Congress and SCOTUS in the event of a catastrophic event. Mind you this catastrophe aka crisis (Pharaoh Obamas favorite word) is never truly defined. Its listed various events for cause for the order to be activated but most interesting of all listed wait for it…. ECONOMIC!
“b) “Catastrophic Emergency” means any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions;”
Yes thats right kids in the event of an economic catastrophe POTUS can take over everything. So ohhh I dunno maybe the markets start crashing in Europe where said incident would result in extraordinary severe disruption to the US economy according to this Pharaoh Obama takes over :)
Nice huh! I wish Glenn would touch on this and tie it all together he has done a great job in the past about MAED this is like the last piece to the puzzle! This was created under Bush but its a plan that has been in place since Eisenhower for the continuation of government as a result of the cold war and following since times change ;/ Nothing to see to here or discuss move along everything is fine.TAPGW..http://alturl.com/3afuv
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:00pmThey are all (Both Parties) for the NWO. Bush Senior spoke about it when the coalition forces were gearing up for Desert Shield and Desert Storm back in 1990-91.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:12pmWow, what a disappointment. I bet they are bummed out.
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges04
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:27pmWake up, America! The Control Voice of Progressives (communists) want to collapse the United States Of America into The Outer Limits. Here is the PROOF, uh, spoof:
“Homeland Security BROADCAST SHUTDOWN PSA – DHS CONTROL VOICE Takes USA To OUTER LIMITS Tyranny Spoof”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_dVuUgeDJU
LOL! You gringos keel me laughing!
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:38pmExecutive Order 10995
Assigning telecommunications management functions
Signed: February 16, 1962
Federal Register page and date: 27 FR 1519, February 20, 1962
Revokes: EO 10460, June 16, 1953
Amends: EO 10695-A (not published); EO 10705, April 17, 1957
See: EO 11051, September 27, 1962
Amended by: EO 11084, February 15, 1963
Revoked by: EO 11556, September 4, 1970
It does what? http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1962.html
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:44pmI got nothing during the EAS. I waited to see what happened, but television went uninterrupted. The reporter said there would be a test, but nothing happened.
Report Post »Black Manta
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:46pm@ wedontneednosteekinbadge learn how to spell before you insult whit people….stinking…thats how you spell stinking and keel….no it’s kill…kill is the word your looking for….ridiculous…
Report Post »smokeysmoke
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:01pmyou know what they say… DONT BE PREPAIRED… big brother is tehre
Report Post »Crane Guy
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:21pmShouldn’t this be in spanish? What are these people thinking.
Report Post »NOT!!!!!!
goodnessme
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 10:49pmTotalitarian governments begin by taking over the banks, the communications, the schools….
I’m jaundiced enough to think that even the errors were planned.
Report Post »How do you cook a frog?
Bakko Bomma
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:30pmhttp://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/frogboil.asp
Report Post »Anamah
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:08pmBOMUSTGO, do you have any idea why at least in my TV, they start making the test more or less one month ago. They did it repetitively many time on different days, during many and the night scheduled they did a lot before 2:00o’clock… This has something to do with my cable company or are those people crazy?
Report Post »for-what-its-worth
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:23pmI think if Lady Gaga was broadcast on every TV in America…that in itself would be an emergency crisis!! ;-)
Report Post »Carter John
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:38pmIf they forced us to listen to lady gaga without stop, we would surrender unconditionally. Maybe, that is the real plan.
Report Post »mtebor
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 6:39pmisnt that how ‘bill and ted’ got started?
Report Post »paleoman
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:23pmHas anyone seen my goat?
Report Post »goatrope67
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:43pmIf you find it let me know…I have rope.
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:20pmThis concerns me more than having the test in the first place. I get the suspicion that they will have to come back using the failure as an excuse to try harder and make it work the next time. Something really smells fishy here since this program was established during the Clinton Administration in the ’90s. I just get the feeling that we are being played.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:42pm“Never waste a good crises” Even better ~ create a crises if one doesn’t exist.
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:56pmBingo @peachyinga, I’ll take it a step further-everyone keeps referring to it as failed, but that’s only if you believe their stated purpose. Watch the other hand. Maybe they were testing out some other type of system. What better way to camouflage the real intent by making everyone believe the ‘EBA’ test failed. Does anyone know communications systems well enough to know other things they may be able to tap into or monkey around in by performing this ‘test’? With conservative talk personalities sounding the alarm on the temporary ‘take over’, maybe it gave the FCC to implement something while we were all looking at a different aspect. Maybe it wasn’t a failed test after all? It just appeared to be…
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 3:57pmthink your right, been thinking that myself RICH
Report Post »We are Americans
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 5:37pmI think the reason they had the test was
Report Post »to see if the system work. It’s called a test.
How about this. Major earthquake off California
coast. Tsunami is coming. Instead of alerting
each station they use this system. Americans leave
the shoreline. American lifes are saved. Your
government working for you. Good foresight.
Yay USA.
jk47thezealot
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:20pmWanna hear a good one? I heard the annoying beep but I also heard the bleeding over of Rush Limbaugh bashing OBAMA!!! I couldnt believe my ears!!! I looked at my wife and said “what the heck is that, THATS CRAY!!!”.
EPIC FAIL!!! But hey, people in my area were exposed to 2 minutes of El Rushbo!!! WINNING!!
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:19pmThis system did exactly what the administration wanted it to do. Now they can institute a grab for the air waves.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:26pmShhh, now go back to sleep.
Report Post »TaraR42
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 1:36pmSkynet is now in control -
Report Post »Rob Adkerson
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:18pmAs I‘m sure you’re aware, this “emergency” system is not intended to actually warn people of emergencies, it’s to guarantee that there is potential national control over all forms of media.
Report Post »PROUD SOB
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:24pmExactly…. people are oblivious to what is going on!!!
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:15pmLet me guess, it‘s Bush’s fault.
Report Post »Southernguy
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:20pmHow’d you ever guess, lmao
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:22pmOf course they will blame Bush for it; after all its only been just over three years that the self delusional one has been in office, and therefore he will not accept any blame.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:36pmI wonder If they will try this again on ,election day 2012′ ?
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 4:01pmfor sure! they’ll never leave that guy alone
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:15pmI bet if it was a “get out the vote for Obama” alert system, they would figure it out quick!
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:10pmDoes this 3rd rate administration do anything right
Report Post »2012
Popp40
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:20pmMan….you are being generous saying 3rd rate….why are you going to insult all those 3rd rate individuals by camparing them to this government
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:22pmYes. Promote discontent, create poverty, empower unions and make the US look like a bunch of amateurs.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:27pmThis is the result when the entire Fed cabinet is stuffed with Academics with Zero posts filled with anyone remotely qualified for the jobs. I’m sure some poor bastard (like the Deputy DOJ of late) will fall on sword for his clueless masters. The question I have to ask is this…why not do the tests at some early morning hour shifting the tests from regional time zones until you have all the bugs worked out then have your national test during the day and have it go off without a hitch (hopefully).
It’s amateur hour every single day with the Admin.
Report Post »2gether
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:07pmI noticed that during the test in our area the fm/am combo stations were either off the air early on one station or playing music when they should have been talking. Very poor! But like I said before. There is no need for this kind of test because information is instantaneous in todays world anyway. All stations carry the “ational news if there is a reason to do so…and unfortunately even if there is noreason to ! (kidding)
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:11pmFAILURE? I think that depends upon your PERSPECTIVE! Another WIN WIN WIN for “them” from where I stand!
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:24pmIt wasn’t a test…it was a demonstration. Obey serfs.
Report Post »missmollywog
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:03pmIt worked fine here in my hometown…….
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:01pmGo back to the old “Duck & Cover” nuclear attack black & white TV ads. Those were great.
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:59amOops! The woman in charge of the alert was busy with her lawyer filing a sexual harassment suit because her boss said she was about the height of his wife.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:06pmLoL
Report Post »Flagwaver
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:58amI’m not sure what is more frightening. The government being able to stop all broadcast media in the nation or the government being able to pump Lady Gaga over all broadcast media in the nation.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:58amHere in Deep South Texas, all I heard on the radio was the warning tones. There was no message to go with it. One FM station, KVMV was not interrupted at all.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:58amI’m surprised that it was in English… rather than Spanish, Chinese, or Russian! And, if we have a Free News Media… why do we need it all?
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:24pmFor the Iranian EMP that is expected near the end of Obama’s term…
Report Post »liberalescheisskopf
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:45pm@samiamtwo: “For the Iranian EMP that is expected near the end of Obama’s term…” IF an EMP occurs most electronics will fail to operate.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 2:44pmliberalescheisskopf
We will get about a 30 min warning…if it works. LOL
Our tracking system in the sky can spot the start up of a missile…but if it is in a sub…you get (we) less time.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:57amShould have broadcast this during an Obama Speech. Every time he opens his mouth it is a National Emergency!
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:02pmThe problem is that the Big O is never on time for his press conferences or speeches
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:05pmNO, it wasn’t a FAILURE…‘We The People’ ALLOWED this to be done Enough “stink” was generated against the banks for considering the $5 per debit card charge, that THEY withdrew the idea! NO, that was FAR MORE IMPORTANT than having the total communication system of the United States controlled by these TRAITORS! Anyone have an explanation for this phenomenon? I am at a loss…
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:56amL gaga now that is failure of the worst kind.
Report Post »marthasusan40
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:55amCome on, of course this test would fail…this gives them more reason to have control and do it again and again and again….look out..
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:02pmMy thoughts exactly!
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:54amSo much for at least one of Glenn Beck’s Conspiracy Theories.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:54amTrying to convince us there “is no emergency” … how about the country imploding? There is an “emergency” and .. November 6, 2012 we start the “cure”!
TEA!
Report Post »msconstrue
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:54ami would be curious to know what this cost us?
Report Post »TPartyXpress
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:38pmCheck to see it it’s an itemized deduction on your next tax form.
Report Post »marthasusan40
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:53amOf course it failed…this just gives them more reason to do this again, and again….what is really going on?…
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 12:22pmSeveral people have testified about being frightened by the test patterns as children, and actual emergencies scared them even more.
From wiki…lol
A Class action lawsuit?…line forming to the left. More handouts for the distraught downtrodden populace…
We will all get a free petty bourgeoisie 10 speed bicycle from wally world. AKA WalMart, made in China.
Petty bourgeoisie or petite-bourgeoisie: a term that originally referred to the members of the lower middle social classes in the 18th and early 19th centuries. ..
If you don’t watch out, it will happen.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:47amI said it would fail…prob a lot of people knew it would fail…Now that it failed, watch Obozo plus up the government.
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:57amHe now goes by Oblamabush, Obimbo, Obonzo and Oblindo….He is such a great leader…..for Libya
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