| Display title | Emergency Broadcast |
| Default sort key | Emergency Broadcast |
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| Page ID | 26723 |
| Page content language | en - English |
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| Date of page creation | 21:27, 1 November 2013 |
| Latest editor | MilkmanConspiracy (talk | contribs) |
| Date of latest edit | 01:30, 7 April 2024 |
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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | The Emergency Broadcast is a means of public warning and public annoyance alike. Hearing an Emergency Broadcast warning of actual danger may lead to Oh Crap, Mass "Oh Crap", the need for one's brown pants to be brought - in that way it may be the ultimate Brown Note. On the other hand, a test or a warning of something that doesn't affect you (e.g. a missing child warning, a flood when you're on high ground, a tsunami when you're 100 miles inland) may be a Berserk Button and lead to frustration with Crying Wolf. Another frequent frustration is when an actual alert has such horrible sound quality you can't understand what's being said. In the worst disasters? Broadcasters may have already broken away from their routine entertainment or news programming with a We Interrupt This Program or This Just In, so there's no point activating an automated Emergency Broadcast system to interrupt live coverage of the same breaking news. |
