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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The nationwide test will occur on Wednesday, November 9 at 2 p.m. eastern standard time and may last up to three and a half minutes.
The EAS is a national alert and warning system established to enable the President of the United States to address the American public during emergencies. NOAA's National Weather Service, governors and state and local emergency authorities also use parts of the system to issue more localized emergency alerts.
Similar to local EAS tests that are already conducted frequently, the nationwide test will involve broadcast radio and television stations, cable television, satellite radio and television services and wireline video service providers across all states and the territories of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa.
this event serves as a reminder that everyone should establish an emergency preparedness kit and emergency plan for themselves
Originally posted by chrismicha77
Edit: I forgot to add this as well. The possibility of a rogue planet and its threat to us. Could this be a threat coming down the pipeline? It's quite possilbe, due to the fact there are at least 10 rogue planets the size of Jupiter in our solar system.
Originally posted by chrismicha77
I think the big question is what is "Elenin" and what is this "outside threat", something extraterrestrial? Is it really what they say it is or is it something sinister, an 'extinction level event'?
Originally posted by SaneThinking
For me I just have a hard time believing something so huge (if it is a brown dwarf) wouldn't be noticeable. So we have an idea where ELEnin is right, or at least a direction to look? Correct?
Now as the moon moves along the sky what happens to the stars behind it, well they disappear until the moon passes bye, now if we had a huge mass moving through our solar system would it not even with out a light signature, block out the stars that we would normally see. Wouldn't we get an outline or just a bunch of missing stars in the nights sky for the avid observers???
The way I see it, it may not produce light but an object could sure block it out, my 2 cents....
Originally posted by Xcalibur254
reply to post by SaneThinking
While a brown dwarf produces very little light of its own it would reflect light, meaning it would be very visible if it were in Elenin's current position. A brown dwarf has a composition very similar to Jupiter's, so it would reflect light in a similar way. Elenin is just outside the orbit of Mars and, if it were a brown dwarf would be several times larger than Jupiter. So, a brown dwarf would be quite apparent due to the light it would reflect.