Marty, I won’t be home at the time of the test, so I don’t know if it would be
effective or not. Probably I wouldn’t be changing location as if anything would
prompt me to need to move, it would be an earthquake, and since I have wonderful
neighbors, they’d probably check on me.
Linda G.
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Marty Rimpau
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2016 7:53 AM
To: our place list
Subject: [ourplace] Announcement and Request for Public Feedback from the
Federal Communications Commission
Hello all,
On September 28, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal
Communications Commission will conduct a test of the Emergency Broadcast System.
Afterword, they will be seeking comment from members of the public about how
effective that system was in conveying the intended information. Please further
details in the text of the announcement pasted below and also feel free to help
us spread the word about this test and request for comment to other people you
know, especially those who have disabilities. Also, if you attempt to submit
comment after the test and have accessibility issues with the FCCs website,
please let me know about your experience.
The announcement follows.
Date Posted: 09/16/2016*
When the FCC last conducted a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert
System in 2011, it determined that the system fell well short of meeting
the needs of Americans who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, blind,
or low-vision.
In the intervening time, the FCC has implemented a new set of technical
rules intended to ensure that all Americans receive the information they
need to seek shelter and safety in the face of an imminent emergency,
such as a tornado. In order to assess the implementation of these
improvements, the FCC and FEMA will conduct a new test over television
and radio on September 28 at 2:20 pm ET.
However, the FCC cannot, by itself, effectively assess the nationwide
implementation of the test for all Americans who are blind or have low
vision. Thus, the FCC wants to hear from you about your experience with
the test. They are putting together a simple form on their website that
will ask for your contact information (to determine geographical
region), the source to which you were listening (broadcast TV, cable,
radio, satellite), any complications you may have experienced, and
specific feedback on your experience.
The FCC particularly hopes to learn whether the audio is clear,
distinct, and informative. The FCC also needs to know whether the text
crawl is broadcast with sufficient contrast, whether the text is large
enough to see, and whether the crawl moves at an effective and
understandable speed for viewers with low vision. For those with both
usable vision and hearing, the FCC is further interested in whether the
text and audio have parity. The FCC also wants to know whether
Spanish-language channels broadcast a Spanish-language alert.
For a day or two after the test on September 28, you can provide your feedback
on the Public Safety Support Center website
www.fcc.gov
URL: https://www.fcc.gov/general/public-safety-support-center ;
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Thanks.
Melanie
