FEMA Emergency Alert Test August 7th Nationwide

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on Wednesday, August 7, 2019.

The test will begin at 8:20 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time.

The test code used will be the National Periodic Test (NPT). Unlike last year’s test, there will be no Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) test accompanying the EAS test. This year’s test will also be different in that it will be performed from the National Government to Primary Entry Points (PEP) versus a direct feed from the internet. In Hawaii, the State Emergency Operations Center is the designated PEP due to our unique geographic nature. Across the rest of the country, a local radio station normally fulfills the task.

The test is being conducted through FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). So far, there have been four successful Nationwide IPAWS Test conducted in the last eight years.

Something weird going on here. My community in Florida is usually over run with squirrels, like its a squirrel sanctuary. In the last two days, not a single squirrel. Not even dead ones. Most of the birds are gone, too. Just putting this out there. Harry H.