Perhaps we would be expected to flood the call centers, and
maybe "they" are hinting they want a lot of calls?

--
Christopher A. Young
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"HeyBub" wrote in message
...
"Cops are preparing for a blitz of panicked 911 calls during
a nationwide
test of the Emergency Alert System, blanketing every TV and
radio station
coast-to-coast, that experts fear could produce a Orson
Welles-like fear
frenzy. Boston and state police said they're both staffing
extra 911
dispatchers to answer calls at 2 p.m. Wednesday, when the
30-second alert
from the Federal Communications Commission will interrupt
regularly
scheduled programming on all TV and radio stations in the
United States and
Puerto Rico."

http://bostonherald.com/news/regiona...icleid=1378990

A couple of observations:

1. If the authorities are pretty sure the test will induce
wide-spread
panic, clogging 911 operators, people having heart attacks,
chickens not
laying eggs, and so forth, then why do it? It's supposed to
be a
"nationwide" test, but what calamity could imperil the
entire nation
(including Puerto Rico)?

2. Nevertheless, it sounds like a perfect opportunity to run
out in your
front yard firing every gun you own to scare away the
invaders, contagious
germs, space aliens, and Occupy Wall Street hippies, all the
while screaming
"Run for your lives" and "Here Comes Peter Cottontail!"

Stormin Mormon wrote:
Perhaps we would be expected to flood the call centers, and
maybe "they" are hinting they want a lot of calls?

We have a winner! This is, then, a test to see if the emergency CALL CENTERS
can handle a larger-than-peak load.

Damn. I just wish the government would tell the truth.

I wonder what would happen if the gov't did tell the truth?

Caller: What is going on! All my radios and TV are on
emergency alert!???
Operator: We're practicing for a national take over, and
want to be sure we can get disinformation out.

Passerby: Are you making an arrest?
Cops: No, we're a bit high energy after four coffees and six
donuts, so we decided to go thump some homeless bum.

Newsman: So, congressman, what is the likely effect of your
latest bill?
Congressman: A couple billion in deficit spending, and a lot
more pork for the campaign donors in my district.

Newsman: Mr. Mayor, what is your reaction to having OWS in
your city?
Mayor: I like being on the TV all the time, and my cops and
body guards keep those unwashed idiots away from me and my
palatial governor's mansion. Beyond that, I think they are a
bunch of mindless idots who we use for political capital.

Newsman: Mr. President, are you afraid that Iran will nuke
the USA?
Oh bomb Us: Now, let me make myself perfectly clear. Wish
they would. It would give me a chance to implement Martial
law, and shut down all those houses of legislature and
judiciary that keep holding me back.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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"HeyBub" wrote in message
m...
Stormin Mormon wrote:
Perhaps we would be expected to flood the call centers,
and
maybe "they" are hinting they want a lot of calls?

We have a winner! This is, then, a test to see if the
emergency CALL CENTERS
can handle a larger-than-peak load.

Damn. I just wish the government would tell the truth.