NEI Nuclear Notes

The Federal Emergency Management Agency needs your help in spreading the message that it will be conducting a first-of-a-kind nationwide test of its Emergency Alert System next Wednesday, November 9, at 2 P.M. EST. The alert and warning system serves as a tool the President could use, if ever needed, to provide information and communicate to Americans during an emergency. FEMA’s website provides the skinny on what to expect during the test: The test will be approximately 30 seconds long and will look and sound very similar to the frequent local tests of the Emergency Alert System; It will be transmitted via television and radio stations within the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii, the territories of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa; An audio message will interrupt television and radio programming indicating: “This is only a test,” though text may not indicate this same message on the screen on every television channel; Organizations that serve people wit...