Re: Information about the national test of the Emergency Alert System

[mike.lyon () gmail com]

Went through this AM. Here in the SF BA, alerts went out on the airwaves around 11:20am today.

-Mike

> On Sep 27, 2017, at 21:01, Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
>
> 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 <sean () 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