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TVs, radios and cellphones will blare out emergency tone Wednesday in a test of the alert system
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGet ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. EDT, every TV, radio and cellphone in...
America's Cold War Doomsday Satellite
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoERCS doomsday satellite of the Cold War This week we revisited a piece we did on the AN/DRC-8 Emergency Rocket Communications System, better known as...
Massive emergency alert test will sound alarms on US cellphones, TVs and radios in October
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis is a test. This is only a test. But it's going to be one very big test. On Wednesday, October 4...
Are Cold War-era nuclear fallout shelters still in Charlotte? Here are the sites
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the wake of the first use of the atomic bomb and the widespread fear triggered by the Cold War,...
This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 10 months agoERCS ICBM During the Cold War, the U.S. became concerned with the question of how it could initiate...
Germany retests its emergency warning system but Berlin's sirens don't sound
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWarning messages sounded on cellphones and alarms blared across Germany as part of a nationwide test...
This is why your phone alarm will go off Wednesday morning
KIRO via Yahoo News· 8 months ago“This is a test. This is only a test.” You are going to hear these words twice this month, with the...
How to survive nuclear war after a bomb is dropped: what to do, how to prepare
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA US Navy nuclear test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.FPG/Getty Images As Russia escalates...
The nationwide Emergency Alert system will be tested Oct 4
The World, Coos Bay, Ore. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 3—Why is this happening? "In the wake of the horrific fires on the island of Maui on August 8, when warning sirens that might have alerted people to the danger weren't deployed, it's a ...
Does Knoxville have tornado sirens?
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhen a tornado is approaching, advance warnings are issued to give people a chance to take shelter and hopefully stay safe. In Knoxville and Knox County,...