Extreme rain activates the Emergency Alert System
[Posted by Dave Haber on Monday, 01/18/10 12:56 am] [Full Blog] [Tweet This]If you listen to AM radio a lot as I do, you will frequently hear some stations conduct their regular Emergency Alert System tests (this used to be called the Emergency Broadcast System). Over the years, I've heard many of these tests, but I've never actually heard the system in use.
Until today.
I happened to be listening to KABC on the internet this afternoon when the EAS was activated because of the severe rain Southern California is enduring right now.
  Los Angeles weather EAS alert on KABC
Because I was listening to the stream using QuickTime on my iMac, I could rewind the playback and capture it in a file using another Mac app called Audio Hijack.
It's pouring rain right now in LA, flash-flood warnings have been issued, residents are sand-bagging and 6 inches of rain are expected today, and the rain is not expected to let up until Thursday.
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