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National emergency activation test scheduled
Posted: 11.09.2011 at 9:05 AM
KTVO Newsdesk
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is conducting the first-ever nationwide test or the nation's Emergency Alert System Wednesday afternoon.
     
State and local authorities have long used the alert system to warn of oncoming storms or child abductions, but Wednesday's 30-second test at 1 p.m. Central Time is the first time it's been activated nationally.
     
In the event of a terrorist attack or other major disaster, a president could use it to make an official announcement.
     
FEMA chief Craig Fugate warns some video systems may make it look like a real emergency. Fugate says that and other flaws are being addressed.
     
Officials are confident there'll no be no repeat of the Cold War scare of 1971 when a teletype operator sent the wrong message to the old Emergency Broadcast System -- and stations across the country either went off the air or began emergency operations.

You will see the 30-second test on both of KTVO's channels at 1 p.m.


The Associated Press contributed to this story. 
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