I experienced this live and first hand. I was 19 at the time at home, my Mom was out grocery shopping and I started to panic wanting to leave but not wanting to leave without her. I started packing things I wanted to take with me and I met her in the driveway yelling to get back in the car because we have to evacuate the STATE lol, she was dumbfounded obviously and when we came back inside for her to grab some things the news broadcast had interrupted the EAS alert and was saying that it was a false alarm and that there was no need to evacuate the state. Jesus I think that's still up there for the most adrenaline and panic I've felt in my life, a real sense of hopelessness. Minor attn to detail note: the screen was red with white letters on my broadcast, and I seem to remember the words EVACUATION IMMEDIATE
It was a false alarm. They were supposed to be conducting a test, but somehow the codes got mixed up, & the station wound up ordering a statewide evacuation
I remember this well. I turned on my TV and seconds later the screen turned red, saying "Turn to Channel 12 immediately for emergency instructions." I did, saw this, and tried to figure out how I was going to get both my dog and cat into the car and make it up to Canada without them getting in a fight along the way.
Now this is 4x Scarier than my school fire alarms going off. Edit: This is a STATE-WIDE EVACUATION, DUDE! I'M 14! I'LL BE PETRIFIED IF I DISCOVERED THAT, BRO!
On February 1, 2005, someone activated an EAS message over radio and television stations in Connecticut telling residents to evacuate the state immediately. Officials at the Office of Emergency Management announced that the activation and broadcast of the Emergency Alert System was in error due to possibly the wrong button being pressed. "State police said they received no calls related to the erroneous alert."
I don't think that it went statewide. It was just supposed to be a required monthly test for one broadcasting studio, which is probably why the police department never recieved any calls regarding the erronious alert.
I live by the shoreline in CT , I didn't see this either. Your probably right it would be mass chaos. I have no idea what I would do in that situation.
The poster stated this is a word-for-word copy of the original message. I believe there are also versions of Civil Alerts that exist that don't appear as public or known codes, or it's possible this code is no longer operational. There are plenty of specific codes we don't know about, that will activate a very specific message.
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I experienced this live and first hand. I was 19 at the time at home, my Mom was out grocery shopping and I started to panic wanting to leave but not wanting to leave without her. I started packing things I wanted to take with me and I met her in the driveway yelling to get back in the car because we have to evacuate the STATE lol, she was dumbfounded obviously and when we came back inside for her to grab some things the news broadcast had interrupted the EAS alert and was saying that it was a false alarm and that there was no need to evacuate the state. Jesus I think that's still up there for the most adrenaline and panic I've felt in my life, a real sense of hopelessness. Minor attn to detail note: the screen was red with white letters on my broadcast, and I seem to remember the words EVACUATION IMMEDIATE
It was a false alarm. They were supposed to be conducting a test, but somehow the codes got mixed up, & the station wound up ordering a statewide evacuation
So people were pegging it out the state and it was a false alarm ??? Glad I live in the uk
Cringe
how do you "accidentally" evacuate the entire state
I remember this well. I turned on my TV and seconds later the screen turned red, saying "Turn to Channel 12 immediately for emergency instructions." I did, saw this, and tried to figure out how I was going to get both my dog and cat into the car and make it up to Canada without them getting in a fight along the way.
Sounds scary
Surely was. We were only a few years removed from 9/11 at that point and I figured we were about to be attacked.
@Plasma Productions 2.0 It's pretty dead-on.
Imagine waking up to this
Now this is 4x Scarier than my school fire alarms going off. Edit: This is a STATE-WIDE EVACUATION, DUDE! I'M 14! I'LL BE PETRIFIED IF I DISCOVERED THAT, BRO!
On February 1, 2005, someone activated an EAS message over radio and television stations in Connecticut telling residents to evacuate the state immediately. Officials at the Office of Emergency Management announced that the activation and broadcast of the Emergency Alert System was in error due to possibly the wrong button being pressed. "State police said they received no calls related to the erroneous alert."
me: *starts video*
video: 0:00
my headphone-bearing ears: *i don't feel so good*
I don't think that it went statewide. It was just supposed to be a required monthly test for one broadcasting studio, which is probably why the police department never recieved any calls regarding the erronious alert.
I live by the shoreline in CT , I didn't see this either. Your probably right it would be mass chaos. I have no idea what I would do in that situation.
I would have FREAKED out
*CONFUSED SCREAMING*
why would you evacuate anyway? whats happening?
The fog
Pretty sure there is no SAME code called "State-wide Evacuation". The code used in the false alarm was most likely "Evacuation Immediate".
Either it was Evacuation Immediate or it was Civil Danger Warning like the one issue in Hawaii in 2018.
The poster stated this is a word-for-word copy of the original message. I believe there are also versions of Civil Alerts that exist that don't appear as public or known codes, or it's possible this code is no longer operational. There are plenty of specific codes we don't know about, that will activate a very specific message.
Fastest same header for a whole state
Good thing I live in Massachusetts.
Until an evacuation hoax happens there
LOL! This sounds like Microsoft Sam or Microsoft Scott! xD
It Sounds Like Microsoft Mike
Wow. I live in CT and never even saw that. If they issued an evac order, I know for sure mass panic would erupt.
I know what happened
August 18th, 1985
Quantum Science Energy Research Facility explosion of the Dark Matter Reactor
It said February 1st, 2005 but nice reference
Jesus i keep finding this kid making obnoxious references to some Roblox core game it’s hilarious
@@L30GH05TDUD3 some people are like that.
ALL CLEAR !!
Exactly right, & word-for-word from Wikipedia.
That's pretty crazy! I'm glad I don't live there, especially when that happened.
It was a mistake where there was actually supposed to be a test nothing actually happened
Very reminiscent of the false alarm of 1971, when only two stations that stayed on air seem to have followed procedure.
I live in CT 😳
It's so loud! *dies from ear rape* 😲
Cow cow when did you start working at the EAS ddpartment
I LIVE IN CT,OMG.
sounds like ShitTalker v1.2 by JAUNDICE
You used Microsoft mike for this
I Live in CT
did you receive that alert what city in CT Do you live in
I also live in CT
*But I never existed in 2005*
...and go where? New Jersey? lol
So do i
it sound like stephen hawking #stephenhawking
O yikes