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 <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 >>