Pet Peeve of the Day - Chapter 2

[GeckoGeek]

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The EBS system was scrapped entirely for the EAS system so I don't believe you'll ever hear the EBS alert ever again.

Yes, but the old tone is still part of the EAS standard. I can only guess it's there for backward compatibility for older alert receivers.

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[craigwatanabe]

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On the contrary, it's mandated to be tested weekly. It was suspended for a short bit after 9/11 because everyone was so jittery.

Now, depending on the alert - in a real alert you'll also have the old EBS style tone.

Me, when I hear those 3 long burst, I listen. If the next thing I hear is 3 short bursts, all is well. If I hear something else, like a EBS tone, ugly stuff is happening.

When I meant "commercial use" I meant for Commercial...use you know as in commercials.

The EBS system was scrapped entirely for the EAS system so I don't believe you'll ever hear the EBS alert ever again. As a matter of fact you won't even find an EBS authenticator placard in any radio station anymore. It's all EAS now.

[Peshkwe]

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Yeow. Isn't that the way it always is, though? Nothing bad ever shows up when they're watching. Is there a possibility that she can "outgrow" most of the seizures, or will they have to keep testing her to identify the location of abnormal waves and hope they can find them and treat them?

Miulang

Nah, she won't outgrow it, she's 14 and it really hit strong with puberty (hormonal acceleration). The doc will just keep upping her meds for now...or swapping em out as new stuff comes along. I'm thinking about getting her on birth control pills to regulate the hormonal spikes tho...she seems to have more auras and seizures when it's close to menses.

[Miulang]

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She's an 'uncontrollable' epileptic and has three anomaly areas, one in the left occipital area, one in the right hemisphere and one in the hypothalamus area (deep central). She was gridded for 10 days but wouldn't seize during it so the docs couldn't localize a particular focci....so they took out what was showing as abnormal sparking. They don't normally operate on kids with involvement in both hemispheres, but they made an exception since the sparking was so strong there.

Her doc, Dr Chugani, worked with a kid living there in Hawaii and hears from him every so often.

Yeow. Isn't that the way it always is, though? Nothing bad ever shows up when they're watching. Is there a possibility that she can "outgrow" most of the seizures, or will they have to keep testing her to identify the location of abnormal waves and hope they can find them and treat them?

Miulang

[Peshkwe]

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Crap. I'm praying that your child will stabilize with new treatment. It's a really scary thing to lose total control of all your faculties and be unable to do anything about it. I hope, most of all, that the seizures are not the result of a new lesion forming.

Miulang

She's an 'uncontrollable' epileptic and has three anomaly areas, one in the left occipital area, one in the right hemisphere and one in the hypothalamus area (deep central). She was gridded for 10 days but wouldn't seize during it so the docs couldn't localize a particular focci....so they took out what was showing as abnormal sparking. They don't normally operate on kids with involvement in both hemispheres, but they made an exception since the sparking was so strong there.

Her doc, Dr Chugani, worked with a kid living there in Hawaii and hears from him every so often.

[Miulang]

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Might be a pet peeve of the year rather than the day *sigh*

After almost two years post brain surgery, my oldest is starting to seize again.

Crap. I'm praying that your child will stabilize with new treatment. It's a really scary thing to lose total control of all your faculties and be unable to do anything about it. I hope, most of all, that the seizures are not the result of a new lesion forming.

Miulang

[Peshkwe]

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Might be a pet peeve of the year rather than the day *sigh*

After almost two years post brain surgery, my oldest is starting to seize again.

[Leo Lakio]

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Learned today that I didn't get a job I was trying for (though I was "first runner-up," you might say.) From the original application date until today, it took three months of time, during which I had three interviews with 'em.

Ah well...onwards. You never know when these things will turn out to be for the better. Got a kanikapila tonight; that's bound to make me feel good.

[GeckoGeek]

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I would think the FCC would restrict the commercial use of an EAS signal for obvious reasons.

On the contrary, it's mandated to be tested weekly. It was suspended for a short bit after 9/11 because everyone was so jittery.

Now, depending on the alert - in a real alert you'll also have the old EBS style tone.

Me, when I hear those 3 long burst, I listen. If the next thing I hear is 3 short bursts, all is well. If I hear something else, like a EBS tone, ugly stuff is happening.

[cynsaligia]

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PPoD a couple of days ago was people who have higher degrees or specialized certifications and think said degrees/certs give them a pass to act condescendingly towards others.

i was gonna describe what happened to inspire this post but since it's work related, i can't. *sigh*

[Pomai]

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I would think the FCC would restrict the commercial use of an EAS signal for obvious reasons. Continued use of this signal for non-emergencies or non-CD alerts could cause one to turn a deaf ear when an actual alert is broadcast.

Exactly. Like "crying wolf".

[craigwatanabe]

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I hate the EAS sound. I think I preferred the older EBS sound.

In order to broadcast the EAS beeps (for the monthly EAS test) one must enter the four digit code on the EAS console.

I would think the FCC would restrict the commercial use of an EAS signal for obvious reasons. Continued use of this signal for non-emergencies or non-CD alerts could cause one to turn a deaf ear when an actual alert is broadcast.

[lavagal]

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You must have meant SHOULD NOT BE, right?

I never heard such a Best Buy ad using that. Are you sure it was part of their ad, and not a test by Civil Defense immediately before it?

Ever since the 2004 Indonesian quake and tsunami tragedy, I've notice more and more CD buzz alerts on the radio. Possibly in response to any significant seismic events around the Pacific Basin.

The Pacific's "Ring of Fire" has been quite active lately, including that deadly quake in Peru just recently. Scary.

With that, NOAA's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is a good site to keep bookmarked.

yup! my mistake. I really don't think it was a drill folllowed by a best buy ad.

[Pomai]

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OK! So today on KSSK FM at approximately 2:52 p.m. I heard what sounds like a Civil Defense buzz alert on the radio. Given the two massive earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis generated around the pond today, I purposely went up to the radio to ascertain what it was: a sale at BEST BUY. This time I had my office manager listening to it with me. She agreed with me that sirens or emergency signals should be used for advertising. Anyone else hear it?

You must have meant SHOULD NOT BE, right?

I never heard such a Best Buy ad using that. Are you sure it was part of their ad, and not a test by Civil Defense immediately before it?

Ever since the 2004 Indonesian quake and tsunami tragedy, I've notice more and more CD buzz alerts on the radio. Possibly in response to any significant seismic events around the Pacific Basin.

The Pacific's "Ring of Fire" has been quite active lately, including that deadly quake in Peru just recently. Scary.

With that, NOAA's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is a good site to keep bookmarked.

[lavagal]

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I think it's for some kind of auto sale, but I will listen more carefully. Right or wrong, I'll respond next time I hear it. If I knew it to be a weekly test, I certainly wouldn't have btchedi about it.

OK! So today on KSSK FM at approximately 2:52 p.m. I heard what sounds like a Civil Defense buzz alert on the radio. Given the two massive earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis generated around the pond today, I purposely went up to the radio to ascertain what it was: a sale at BEST BUY. This time I had my office manager listening to it with me. She agreed with me that sirens or emergency signals should be used for advertising. Anyone else hear it?