"Nobody Wins a Nuclear War" But "Success" is Possible (fwd)

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 18:34 -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> 	I can't even imagine the panic of hearing "this is *not* a test"!  
> Interestingly, the EBS had at least one accidental activation in the late 
> 60's or early 1970s, which I fortunately missed out on: good for me!

Growing up, I heard it used a couple of times here locally during severe
weather events. But I don't dispute at all that the tests were more
common than real activations. I'm glad testing of the EAS is a bit less
obtrusive.

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at speakeasy.net>