Does the EAS (Emergency Alert System) creep you out?

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 05-05-2015, 12:24 AM

in florida, over the years, i've heard a million tornado warnings and all that on tv/radio

but i spent a good 20 years there and never personally saw one, i think they were mostly wimpy and sporadic

so i really never took tornadoes all that serious

but if i lived in the midwest, i would for sure. but that always makes me wonder why people live in places like kansas. i know people say "well you have to deal with some kind of storm anywhere," which is true, but it seems like tornadoes are so random and narrowly yet viciously destructive that in order for me to live in tornado territory there'd have to be a pretty compelling incentive drawing me there... and i just don't get that from the midwest in all honesty... except for possibly the more wealthy parts of chicago. but i don't think they spend that much time worrying about tornadoes.

Aux-In · 05-05-2015, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

in florida, over the years, i've heard a million tornado warnings and all that on tv/radio

but i spent a good 20 years there and never personally saw one, i think they were mostly wimpy and sporadic

so i really never took tornadoes all that serious

but if i lived in the midwest, i would for sure. but that always makes me wonder why people live in places like kansas. i know people say "well you have to deal with some kind of storm anywhere," which is true, but it seems like tornadoes are so random and narrowly yet viciously destructive that in order for me to live in tornado territory there'd have to be a pretty compelling incentive drawing me there... and i just don't get that from the midwest in all honesty... except for possibly the more wealthy parts of chicago. but i don't think they spend that much time worrying about tornadoes.

Typhoons are the scariest natural events of all time. If you hear an alarm over any EAS for a tornado, you've got some time. A typhoon? Good luck. You can escape a tornado underground, but you can't escape water in the capacity that typhoons bring.

Burning Down · 05-05-2015, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

We never have tornadoes here but we've had two touch down in the LA area in the past six months. Imagine the reactions of the locals, they run for cover like it's WWIII when it's just raining

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I remember hearing about snow in LA once and even though it was only a small amount, people ****ing freaked like it was the apocalypse or something.

**Frownland** · 05-05-2015, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I remember hearing about snow in LA once and even though it was only a small amount, people ****ing freaked like it was the apocalypse or something.

ja I remember that happening even though I didn't live in the area at the time. I think it was 2006 and the west had a huge storm that even dropped some snow in Phoenix.

Plankton · 05-05-2015, 10:54 AM

We get the once a month test on every Tuesday.

Here's a fun fact *cringe*: The tornado sirens you hear today come from a version of a vacuum cleaner motor made by Federal Electric Company, which is now the Federal Signal Corp.

Psy-Fi · 05-05-2015, 11:34 AM

I find the EAS test to be more annoying than creepy.

The nuclear plant sirens always unnerve me. You haven't really lived until you've had one of those go off near you without warning, especially when you're outside or driving.

DwnWthVwls · 05-05-2015, 09:45 PM

Doesn't creep me out, but I sleep with the TV so it sure as fuck pisses me off when it wakes me up at 3am over some bull**** hurricane/tornado warning test. Why does it have to be 10x louder then the regular TV?

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05-05-2015, 12:24 AM	#11 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	in florida, over the years, i've heard a million tornado warnings and all that on tv/radio but i spent a good 20 years there and never personally saw one, i think they were mostly wimpy and sporadic so i really never took tornadoes all that serious but if i lived in the midwest, i would for sure. but that always makes me wonder why people live in places like kansas. i know people say "well you have to deal with some kind of storm anywhere," which is true, but it seems like tornadoes are so random and narrowly yet viciously destructive that in order for me to live in tornado territory there'd have to be a pretty compelling incentive drawing me there... and i just don't get that from the midwest in all honesty... except for possibly the more wealthy parts of chicago. but i don't think they spend that much time worrying about tornadoes.