Posted by Dr. Science on 05/13/2013 in
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My family and I live in earthquake country. Often on the radio I hear the emergency warning broadcasts, with the nerve wracking scream they play for about ten seconds. When an earthquake strikes, I’m often listening to the radio, but I’ve never heard this annoying announcement or the scream when an earthquake actually happens. How come?
———- from Bill Sturgeon of Petrolia, CA
The staff at the radio station are usually screaming at that time and forget to put on the pre-recorded announcement. Often they’re ruing the lost time they’ve spent as underpaid radio station employees and the damaged relationships with loved ones that they never got around to setting straight. By the way, don’t you have anything better to do during an earthquake than nit-pick about what’s on the radio? Remember, whenever you point a finger, there are three on your hand pointing back at you.
