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The EBS is used for emergency purposes. It's just required that they test them weekly. If you live in a flood prone area, or in an active hurricane/tornado watch/warning area, you should be pretty familiar with actual (real) warnings.
To my knowledge the NWS uses the EBS the most; mainly to issue weather watch/warning information, as well as special weather advisories. Many lives, and property have been saved as a direct result of the EBS, and NWS.
The only way I can see the EBS being used for mind control is if the gov't, or NWO issues...
This post is being interupted for testing of the ATS Emergency Broadcast System...
THIS IS JUST A TEST.
BBBBBRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.
The preceding was a test of the ATS Emergency Broadcast System. We now return you to the regularly scheduled post, allready in progress...
...so thats when the aliens told me about the whole entire secret plot behind the NWO, issuing weather warnings as a tool for mind control. I was pretty shocked. Anyhow, talk to you later man.
[edit on 7/16/05 by microcosm]


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