82 ? EMERGENCY BROADCAST - NOT TEST: Anyone else hear an emergency broadcast WITHOUT test announcement around 2:44 Eastern Time today on radio stations? Sample sound in link from 2011 that's similar, but longer. Today's did NOT have the part about it being a test in it and lasted only 5-10 seconds. ? (www.youtube.com) BREAKING NEWS posted 3 years ago by fsoawesome 3 years ago by fsoawesome +83 / -1 54 comments share 54 comments share save hide report block hide replies
This was NO test. Tests 100% of the time always announce it's a test. This was shorter than normal and had no test verbiage like the last one also didn't have it. It's very strange and there are no weather events.
If it wasn't a test then there would be a point to the alert.
If you hear a tone and no message, its literally a test and cannot functionally be anything else.
Think about it for a second... what is the point of anyone hearing an alert tone when there is no accompanying message?
This definitely is not uncommon, I can recall multiple times I've heard a tone and no message.
Maybe the alert is only meant for a certain group of people. People who already know what it means.
Maybe or part of Mockingbird.