I didn't see a blip on my TV, or hear anything on the local radio stations. I didn't even get an alert on my cell phone. Did I miss it, or did it get cancelled?
-A On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: >> And your upstream(s) to work. And their upstream(s) to work. etc. If 90% >> of the stations in the EAS web are down you may end up with nothing working. > > > 6% of TV stations are operating in Puerto Rico > 15% of radio stations are operating in Puerto Rico > > Nationally, there are about 28,000 cable systems, radio and television > stations. > > This test will not use the FEMA primary entry point system, so its only a > partial test of the national EAS. > > Today's national test of the Emergency Alert System will be the same as the > 2016 national test. It is a partial test of the EAS, using the FEMA IPAWS > system over the internet (i.e. Akamai and Cloudfront are used as CDNs) to > the distribute the emergency test message. Cable, radio and TV stations need > a working Internet connection as well as radio receivers and transmitters > for IPAWS and EAS. > > Although the national test was scheduled back in July, its still a good test > opportunity to see how the internet and EAS works in Puerto Rico and the > U.S. VI with so much damage to the infrastructure. The one minute national > test should not intefere with disaster recovery efforts in PR or USVI. > > For more information: > > https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2017/09/19/mandatory-nationwide-test-emergency-alert-system-be-conducted-september-27 > > https://www.fcc.gov/document/nationwide-emergency-alert-system-test-planned-september-27 >