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EmeraldSky October 26th, 2005 4:03 PM

This is a test...
 
How many of you are afraid of the Emergency Broadcast System?

I am...there's something about that annoying tone that scares me.

For example, I was listening to the radio just now, and the announcer cut in in the middle of the song with "This is a test of the--" I had my homemade remix of "Born to be a Champion" on before he even finished his sentence!

Sammi October 26th, 2005 4:06 PM

lol, I thought you were making a testing thread.

I'm not that much. I mean, I freak out for a second, because it comes on suddenly, but after the initial shock, it's fine. ^^

Himawarii October 26th, 2005 4:06 PM

Don't feel bad.I'm scared of it too.It's as freaky as hec,I actually turn off my radio when it comes on.

Hinoshi-chan October 26th, 2005 4:10 PM

I hate them so much, though i still find the war of the worlds hoax a laugh ( the orginal radio broadcast of aliens comming down ) ha, though I dont like them, and they do suprise you alot of the time!

Chibi-chan October 26th, 2005 4:29 PM

They freak the **** out of me o.o
I always try to change the channel, but they're EVERWHERE! On the new TV, they won't let you mute or shut the TV off >_<

Why can't it just be a little chime instead of this scary BEEP! BEEP!
And then I think they're real b/c I get so many hurricanes....they creep me out D:

chillchan13 October 26th, 2005 4:49 PM

They kinda freak me out to, but after I figure what is going on I am usually O.K.

Cybex Mewtwo October 27th, 2005 5:27 AM

Those things don't freak me out. On the contrary I'd like to destroy whoever made em! It is so annying! it cuts out in the middle pf soething and they do that lame tone. >.<

EmeraldSky October 27th, 2005 6:29 AM

My first encounter with it came when I was roughly seven or eight...we were watching the Disney Afternoon on TV, like we always did after school..."Tale Spin" was on, and the EBS came on during one of the commericials.

Since we didn't know what the EBS was at the time, we thought the TV was broken.

Ever since I always got a little jumpy when commercials came on during "Tale Spin"....

*~Ashley~* October 27th, 2005 1:03 PM

Any poll-like question that can be answered with a yes/no answer would probably be better in OVP. =3

*moves*

Chiru October 27th, 2005 1:26 PM

I'm not afraid of it, but it really annoys me when I'm watching TV and during a good part of what I'm watching it comes on and I miss a lot of the dialogue because of it. I remember that happened on FMA in my area last Saturday -_-

Rhykasho October 27th, 2005 1:54 PM

I like watching it, it be very intresting and not scary at all

Aisu K. October 27th, 2005 2:25 PM

Only twice have I heard them and they're real. I'm very annoyed by them. It's never happened to be, but imagine: "Today's wining lottery numbers are... *BEEEEP*"

Geometric-sama October 27th, 2005 4:13 PM

We don't have that on the radio in Australia... but we have similar stuff when they're testing emergency stuff at university :P. There were some amusing incidents last semester in my Digital Systems lectures where they were testing the system... they started testing, everyone went quiet and then burst out laughing :P

Charizard_Fire_God October 27th, 2005 7:34 PM

Not me. Tch, we ain't got such a thing, thank goodness. XD

Samurai X October 27th, 2005 8:46 PM

They don't freak me out but they do get me angry.

I miss all of the good stuff because of my bad luck.

Joey the Cockroach October 27th, 2005 11:42 PM

i dont know if this is the EBS, but is it the one where it has a test board on and it goes beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep?
i think weve had plenty of them. its annoying.

Eon-Rider October 28th, 2005 12:38 AM

I'm not even sure what it is. I'm gonna look it up...

Crystal Clair October 28th, 2005 5:51 AM

I dont have a fear of those stupid things. I dont bump into them on the radio ever (probably because I never listen to the radio)
I never run in to them during Pokemon, my mom just runs into them when she's watching her soaps.
Oh, gotta go, the bells gonna ring!

jc_rcw October 28th, 2005 7:59 AM

It just bothers me, I'm just watching the TV, not bothering anybody, and all of a suden it comes on, and its annoying.

The Fly October 28th, 2005 10:10 AM

Living in the Southern Tornado Alley, I get those things a lot during late fall and early spring. They go off so much during that time it becomes ridiculous to be scared of something that is so repetitive, so no, I'm not. If anything, I become very annoyed when they interrupt my shows.

I used to be scared of sirens, though, but, just like the EBS, they became very repetitive where I live and are just annoying now.

gilbertman October 28th, 2005 10:19 AM

theyre very annoying i just disregard em and change the station, although in portland theres only like one really good station, so i turn off the radio, only once had it been a real emergency when there was a severe thunderstorm warning, dang that was one gigantic storm...for oregon atleast

Chairman Kaga October 28th, 2005 1:08 PM

The Emergency Broadcast System is just a remnant of the defunct cold-war civil defense plan. Its original purpose was to send a message whenever a nuclear strike was seemingly about to happen, but now is tested only because outdated government law dictates.

You might as well bear with the 20 seconds out of your day if it means your safety, though...just incase.

Sylphiel October 28th, 2005 4:50 PM

I don't recall ever being scared of that sound...wary of it at times, yes (especially when there's bad weather around), but not entirely scared by it. It usually just annoys the heck out of me. >_<


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