Everybody says that the Japanese one is exceptionally calm, but please realize that Japanese people are way different and feel those warnings differently, since earthquakes are almost their "daily" bread.
@@RichieLarpa morning was 6 richter scale, day was 3 and evening was 2. That calming bling bling tone is a quake warning meaning the quake haven't reached the people yet.
Exceptionally calm? That warbling noise with yellow lines and a red X highlighting the coast on a plain solid blue background makes me wanna hide in myself
Yes we just go BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP YOUR WELCOME FOR YOUR PANIC ATTACK AND ALSO FLASH FLOOD LOL
I'm sometimes scared for my phone to have an emergency alert, or a test in the middle of the night. The main reason is because, the alert sound will scare the crap out of me at night, so I instead plug in my phone somewhere further away from me to charge.
From the Japanese point of view: In Japan, small earthquakes occur daily throughout the country. The only time an alert like the one in this video is issued is when there is a direct threat to life. Those who say they are not afraid are saying this because they do not live in Japan. The generation of Japanese who experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake have this sound etched into their spines.
I'm from the U.S but have friends in Japan that experienced the Great Earthquake. They are still terrified. It was such a horrible experience for them to go through and such a tragedy for Japan.
The end of the Japanese TV one is terrifying, the dude on the TV was scared and told everyone to save their lives, yet people say that the Japanese one is the most calm one it's one of the only ones that gave me chills.
I had a phone alert today in Lithuania. It was terrifying. We were all notified of a supercell storm head towards Vilnius. I was so terrified when the alert sounded.
It's interesting that we all find the Japanese alert to be less terrifying, almost comforting, yet people who experienced the 2011 earthquake find the sound absolutely terrifying Edit: okay so this comment is still getting replies so I thought it was important to address a few things. I’m very aware that this is a response to trauma. I know all about PTSD. I was in the deadly Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. There are certain sounds today that freak me out. Secondly, I wanted to apologise to everyone who experienced the Japanese earthquake. I am so sorry. There are no words to provide comfort for the horrors you have experienced. Lastly, I just want to remind everyone to be kind to one another, because our days are limited, and life can be taken from you in the blink of an eye. Stay safe everyone ❤️ Japanese rough translation: 私たち全員が日本の警報がそれほど恐ろしくなく、ほとんど慰めであると感じるのは興味深いことですが、2011年の地震を経験した人々はその音が絶対に恐ろしいと感じています 編集：わかりました、このコメントはまだ返信を受け取っているので、いくつかのことに対処することが重要だと思いました。 これがトラウマへの反応であることを私はよく知っています。 私はPTSDについてすべて知っています。 私は2010年と2011年のクライストチャーチの致命的な地震に見舞われました。今日、私を驚かせる特定の音があります。 第二に、日本の地震を経験したすべての人に謝罪したいと思います。 本当に申し訳ない。 あなたが経験した恐怖に慰めを与える言葉はありません。 最後に、私たちの日々は限られており、瞬く間にあなたから命を奪うことができるので、私は皆にお互いに親切であることを思い出させたいと思います。 みんな安全に！❤️
It’s mainly because it’s frightening by association. If someone played the USA’s EAS to someone who had never heard it, they wouldn’t really find it scary, but because we know it means impending danger, it’s terrifying to US citizens. So for the Japanese, their tone is absolutely terrifying because of association.
@@BrapBrapDorito that’s true, however the first time I heard the USA’s eas it scared me haha. But it’s true with the text alert sound as well. It never used to scare me and now it does
0:00 - Phone Alerts 1:33 - Television alerts / Tests 11:24 - Radio / Car Alerts 😇 Hope this helps u guys!! EDIT: 3:14 is also here if u want it. EdIt 2: BRUH- The Jerusalem one scared the living daylights out of me!
If you've ever seen one of those Japanese alerts, the newsreaders can be in the middle of the fluffiest news story and laughing their heads off and the second the little chime goes off, they instantly go dead serious like somebody backstage threw a switch. It's impressive.
@@pak3ton earthquakes move slowly enough (2.5 to 4 miles per second) that there's a few seconds between when it starts in one location and the most intense parts start in the rest of the effected region.
EAS alerts should start quietly and then get louder like a music crescendo, so it doesn’t give anyone a heart attack when it starts blaring at three int the morning
As a Canadian student I have to agree. Why does my province have the EAS on for covid safety every. Time. Were. Put. On. Lockdown. I get anxiety attacks every. Bleeping. Time.
the clip that starts at 8:54 is in California because the TV says Sacramento but their TV is tuned to a channel that has Spanish content for the non English speakers
Well what do you expect? This country is a hell if you're a wagie. If you have your company, then it's easier but workers in Japan do A lot of overtime and are put under A shit ton of pressure due to having too many things to do and apologising for even getting sick
Everyone's talking about how scary the covid announcements in Canada are but here in the UK we have to see Boris' face on our screens when a lockdown is announced XD
For the Location Unknown one in 9:25 , it's been determined that this was an EAN (Emergency Action Notification) message transmitted on Univision 27 in the Chico/Redding area, according to NorCalDude599 and AnEAShasbeenissued. Hope this helps!
I have evidence that this happened in the Chico/Redding Area. I looked up the original source of the video shown at 9:25, and at the end there was an ident showing the Univision 27 logo.
Yeah, I noticed the message said "Sacramento" (the capitol of California, which is located in the northern region of the state) on it. That combined with the message seemingly being in Spanish (California has a large Spanish-speaking population, so a lot of services are in Spanish too) made me think it was probably made in California.
It’s amazing how people in the comments are going on about how cute and calm the Japanese alarm is (which, admittedly is pretty calm) but whenever I hear it I get so scared it’s so eerie and I hate because hearing it while things tumble down in your house is terrifying
People just don't know that we are conditioned to associate certain sounds with an anxiety response. The sounds of hospital equipment skeeve me the hell out because I associate it with when my grandma was in the hospital many years ago. There's an alarm that goes off to signal end of shift at this factory near my boyfriend's place and it just reminds me so much of Silent Hill. My aunt in California used to live in LA where there were earthquakes and they were scary for my cousins. They had to stand in a doorway or sit under a table. When there were wildfire warnings, they had to spray the roof of their home with water from the hose and only take very important items such as documents, medications, clothes and that's pretty much it when it came to evacuating.
For those curious on how the Japanese alert systems work: for phones, it’s the same as it is now for everyone else with iPhones. Every phone has its own alert tone, but the one shown was old. For TV, the initial ring is to get your attention, they announce it and bring it to a camera, when you hear a small chime, that means it’s hit the area since the alert is earlier than the actually quake hitting the surface. The tsunami beeping turns the radio and other devices on incase of power outages. It’s not cute, it’s terrifying.
@@あつあつみそ yeah, idk why they say it is cute and not scary, after you get to see it and see a disaster coming, you always know that: that one single chime already says impending doom, they just never experienced it so they really never see the problem with it
for me it's not cute at all, even though i'm not in japan nor i've ever been. (though maybe it's because ringtones give me anxiety? idk) but ye, i find it pretty uncomfortable
9:25 For those who can't translate the message here you go: First Message: During This Emergency All Stations will be Open to Recieve News and Inform the Public in Designated Areas. This is K20 FZ. We will continue to serve you in the North Sacramento Valley. If you are not in this Local Area, Contact Your Local Station For News and Information. 2nd Message: You are listening to the Northan Sacramento Valley Emergency Alert System Service. Do Not Use Your Phone Telephone Lines Should Be Open for Emergency Use. The Emergency Alert System has been Activated.
EVACUATE IMM- **stops** You: did he die? Whatever ima turn the TV off **tv magically springs back to life** You: WAIT HOW THE- **tsunami invaded your room and you die**
I was terrified when I watched the japanese one. It was like "yeah, it's hard, there's a tsunami alert" and all very calm, but then the "there's a tsunami, remember the great eastern tsunami"... it made my heart sink. I know how it ended, we all know. I can't imagine how people who lived the tragedy would react watching this again. I'd love you added mexican alert. We only have one, the seismic one, but some people say it's scary.
Dang those COVID emergency alerts feel like something out of one of those EAS scenario horror videos. I've never seen an alert that fills the whole screen like that.
Can't imagine being that japanese news reporter, let alone not crack up in some panic attack whilst having to explain how theres an urgent emergency in a nearby area. Props to that guy
for an Aussie...Bushfires are an annual event, that can happen during our summertime, this is a very detailed broadcast which is a saviour that helped many locals during the 2019-2020 bushfires
That Australian one was terrifying though: "You are in danger and need to act now to survive. It is too late to leave." I cannot begin to imagine that, my word...
I remember when the bushfires in my state came around. We were deep in the city and we heard this warning after the song "AM to PM". It was quite distressing as the bushfire was heading our way.
@@basicallystupid7080 IVE lived in Michigan all my life, I’m 19, and never witnessed a earthquake, or I was too young to remember. And our tornados are nothing compared to the south lol.
@@lucastubbs OOOOh yeah--the peeps in California know this... (I am on the East Coast so I haven't had the "pleasure" of experiencing a devastating wildfire...the people who have gone through this are scarred for life and that sucks...)
@@MamaToFive *my godmother’s house got burned in a fire in 2019. her house hasn’t been built yet that much haha. But that house that got burned was a cool house man.*
Strange seeing so many people say that Japan's EAS is calm, when its super terrifying if you've witnessed "past events". Hell, it's terrifying even if you didn't witness it.
I agree I remember seeing it on tv And the situation kept getting worse and worse by the moment (mega earthquake, mega tsunami, one of the worst nuclear accident to date...) I remember being on the side of the sofa and just watching it on the news, I felt pretty conflicted that time I was in Spain so really couldn't truly graps the true magnitude of it, but I remember the feeling of sheer horror
I'm not even Japanese, nor do I know anyone living in Japan, but that EAS system scares me so much (even more than the American one, honestly). I fell into a rabbit hole of UA-cam videos from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the following tsunami and now associate that beeping with what happened on 3.11. What happened in Tōhoku that day must have left a huge mark on the Japanese if someone my age gets scared watching video footage from a decade after the actual event - I'm sure the EAS is way worse for them.
Australia’s bushfire warning gave me chills, not just because of the siren either. A few times the speaker touched on situations where you might not be able to be saved, and it sure seems effective to get people moving, because it’s horrifying for me to listen to. Imagine being trapped inside your house with fire all around you, and having no way to escape. The heat of the flames are lulling you to sleep, and your eyes are dilating until you pass out. From that point forward, you are unconscious and the fire is slowly coming to you with no way for you to survive it. Edit: I gotta say, ever since I posted this comment a year ago, you all have had some moving things to say about your experiences with the fires. I’m really happy I got the chance to connect so many people. Thank you all for sharing.
This isn’t related to Australia but holy fuck California got it bad. There was a fire called the Thomas fire that devastated so many homes on the mountain. My dad’s family had to evacuate. It makes me melancholic when I think of that fire :(
Cellphone Alert 0:13 United States 0:35 Ontario 0:48 Japan 0:55 Philippines 1:12 New Zealand Television Alert 1:33 Michigan 2:28 Ontario 3:13 Japan 5:49 Philippines 6:22 Saudi Arabia 8:56 California 9:30 Israel Radio Alert 11:24 Tennessee 12:33 Ontario 13:24 Victoria, Australia 19:03 Finland 19:24 Japan
if anyone doesn’t know, you shouldn’t wear synthetic/non wool or cotton fabrics near fire or heat because it will literally melt to your skin and pretty much be one with your skin. If you have cotton or wool on, you can easily take it off or put it out
The whole Japanese alarm broadcast was really interesting and it really hit different after the tsunami alert was issued and he told everyone to save their lives.
The saudi one is creepiest for me. It's got that early 90's feel from tornado warnings in my childhood wondering if my house would be destroyed, plus the extra fun of war and poison gas
Honestly i feel like Japan understands people’s anxiety and gets that putting a really scary one can scare children and adults and cause caos. Good for them
No, not at all. Japan's alerts get your attention. For Japanese, especially since it happens daily and due to the association with 2011, the sound is TERRIFYING AS HELL.
According to Japanese comments I’ve read, yes and no. While thier intention is to reduce anxiety among children and elders, people still lose thier shit when they hear the sound
i wish our eas was this informative as japan on tv, they literally stayed as long as they can to save peoples lives, with ours, they’re just like, “tornado is coming, survive” edit: why do i watch these videos i feel like i’m torturing myself
I agree, but I've got an explanation why tornado sirens and warnings are so abrupt, and that's because that's the absolute nature of tornadoes. They can spawn out of nearly nowhere and in an instant, and can disappear just as fast, so they might assume the viewer has gone ahead and made preparations for the emergency and are not watching anymore. I know the last tornado scare we had the channel still kept playing and relaying information even after the warning, but not all warnings are built the same
EAS usually have to be short (or timely) because if something like a tornado is coming, then you can't take 10 minutes talking about the history of tornadoes. You have to tell people to take shelter quick and what to do if there's no shelter/car/etc. The more detailed reports would come after the storm. Of course for stuff like COVID though you could take a while, but it's easier to redirect people to a website anyway.
@@haveagoodday7021 i look back at this comment after a year, and i cringe at myself, yeah, i obviously know that now, i’m a weather nerd and i used to be a weather weenie
I find it beautifully comical that most places in the world, like Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, among other places are super helpful, meanwhile Canada and the USA kind of just throw you to the wind in a "save yourself" scenario.
Canadas gives off instructions on your tv or phone. The noise just gets your attention. But actual safety protocols and information are given on your phone or tv. It also, given circus will read it off
I'm from Canada and I've always found it weird how our mobile alerts sound exactly like the sound we play on Radio and TV, but every other country just uses the same exact EAS tone apparently
i’m american and all the alerts sound kinda the same, the first time i heard a missing child alert, i ran to my mom and cried. ours is actually kinda terrifying to kids.
The US EAS alarm is terrifying as hell when you first hear it. I remember a few years ago I was watching CN when all of a sudden a blaring alarm sounded. It’s not fun.
@@speedy5152 when i was like 6 or 7 i fell asleep on the couch watching tv and the alert went off in the middle of the night and i was just frozen with fear
I remember when I was a kid watching TV in the middle of the night. I was already a scaredy cat (had to have a night-light or tv on to sleep) so when I heard the EAS come on for testing I began crying, lol. Fortunately it doesn't scare me as bad, though I don't really hear it anymore, since any EAS I see first on my phone, and the IPhone alarm isn't scary at all.
I live and was born in the Philippines. So yes, most of our emergency/amber alerts on phones are probably earthquakes or heavy yellow/orange rainfall, and probably sometimes landslides and floods, maybe tsunamis, whatever appears. I have only experienced heavy yellow/orange rainfall and flood alerts. I am not sure on the others.
The unknown area at 9:23 is the North Valley of Sacramento. It is an emergency declaring that usage of the telephone is for emergency use (which means to call Emergency Services) only. It also stated that during whatever emergency was undergoing, You had to be tuned into your home station (the station for your area) for information and news during said emergency.
I wonder how that whole conundrum started And i wonder what K20FZ (what the originating station supposedly was) is Do you think it was just the wrong message being sent out, or was there more to it
@@polturdgeist Oh, OK then. If they inserted a wrong cartridge (because thats how some EAS systems used to / still work) it most likely WAS a false alarm.
9:40 this EAS was actually all over Israel, there was a siren all over the state and people were asked to wear their gas masks, because there was a fear of a missile with a chemical warhead launched from Iraq during the Gulf War. Edit Dec 11th, 2021: Thx for 214 likes Edit June 13th, 2022: 225 likes! yay
I’m Canadian and I’ve seen my fair share of Amber Alerts. They not only show up on TV, they also appear on bus displays in Vancouver. An Amber Alert only shows up if a kid disappears and that’s scary
11:30 Wanna know something scary? This alert was for a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado in Tennessee, right? Well, in March 2020, a tornado hit Nashville. Here’s the scary part; _this video was uploaded in 2020, the same year of the tornado._
they do that because they need to highlight every possibility. bushfires are largely unpredictable and move fast. its not as simple as get in your car or stay in your home. they make references to plans that people in Australia renew annually about how to escape. they need to let us know when to (or if it's too late) to enact that plan. air quality indexes are important as Canberra (our capital city) was the most toxic place on earth for air quality (i think) last year. in Australia we also like reasons for doing things. as an example, the following: "do not drive your car" is too vague in a situation like a bushfire. a more situation appropriate statement may follow the lines of: "in *insert town name(s) here*, it is too late to leave. trees may have fallen on to roads and access is needed for emergency services. in *insert town name(s) here*, it is heavily recommended to evacuate now as it may not be safe to do so later."
The “unknown location” is in California, United States. I’m thinking more likely Northern California since it’s talking about the Sacramento Valley. It’s in Spanish.
Fun fact (actually, is quite depressing): Mexico has the most useless and deadlier of alerts. Mexico City's anti-earthquake alert, operating since the late 80s after the great 1985 earthquake, has taken the lives of at least half a dozen due to cardiac problems and other accidents caused by the fear the alert causes on people. All end up being minor scares, many being false alarms. Since it only detects earthquakes originating in certain locations near the 1985 epicenter in the State of Guerrero at the south, it missed the 2nd worst earthquake in Mexico City's history in 2017, with its epicenter being in the state of Puebla, close to Mexico City but quite far from Guerrero. The alert activated itself in the middle of the quake, many buildings had been already evacuated when it started to sound while others didn't even have the chance to hear it. The idea of the alert is to allow a minute or so to evacuate as many as possible before the shockwave reaches the city and save their lives by not being inside the buildings if they collapse since the alert would sound first if the quake originates in the same place as the one from 1985, however, such occurence has never happened so no lives have ever been saved by it.
8:54, location is North Sacramento, California. In Spanish, it says "nosotros continuaremos en servirles en el norte del valle de Sacramento" which means "We continue to serve the north Sacramento valley area"
I was surprised at people commenting how Japanese alert is calm. I thought that the combination of the sound was created in a way that makes people feel anxious... It makes me more anxious than listening to the loud beeps. The loud beeps are effective in making me frightened and panic though.
Yeah cuz tsunamis can be really deadly since the current is really strong like back in 2011, the houses and boats were flushed away and the height was really high
Can we talk about when they test these systems at 2 am in the us??? I cannot tell you how many times I woke up on a school night and couldn’t fall back asleep because of these. They literally kill me.
The system alarm scares me even still, I literally don’t turn my radio to anything but cds now so I don’t have a dose of panic with the suddenness, yet here I am watching this, lol.
Fun Fact : In France we don't really experience these kind of things however we do quite often deal with Alerte Enlèvement (basically a kidnapping alert) which sounds just as stressful. We also have a test of alert sirens in big towns once a month.
I don't think it's specifically for English speaking people, rather than translating everything into a language that's the most likely to be understood/spoken by the most amount of people [the text is written in the Arabic alphabet, not in the Latin alphabet]. English isn't an official language in Saudi Arabia, so that's why I think they chose a common language that's taught in schools and private institutions... 🤔
Japan's EEW alerts TVs, radios, and cell phones seconds before an earthquake hits. The way it works is that an earthquake generates two waves, the P-wave and the S-wave, which are so small that they are difficult to feel and travel very fast from the epicenter. When a seismic station observes the P-wave, it sends out a warning to areas where tremors are expected within one second, thus making it possible to send out a warning seconds before the tremors hit. Incidentally, tsunami warnings are simply sounded when a tsunami is observed by instruments floating at sea.
I like how japan actually gives proper information, care about other peoples life and repeat themselves about the emergency . But in Us they just give a message, the alarm and some random voiceover.
@@gachalover101karma_bearand9 I mean it helps you realise just how real the situation is, I’ve only heard our flood warning in Australia and they are pretty similiar mainly stating if you see any form of running water over the road that you can’t see the bottom of or even that it’s higher than a foot then don’t risk it and turn around immidiately. Don’t drive in floodwaters and do not attempt to rescue said vehicle if it is already dipping into floodwater. Avoid certain roads and such. I’m mainly just glad that where I live doesn’t get very affected since I live uphill but those kinds of warning are a real wake up call when it’s dangerous and when the warnings are directed towards you it’s just really terrifying but yes informative. Oops I went for a bit of a long information dump.
In 2017 or 2018 or 2019 I was in first grade I was in Saudi Arabia cuz am from saudi Arabia and the news say we will test a eas not on electricity on streets only it was normal not loud enough and not the original eas
Those fires were the only time I’ve ever heard that warning. Landline phones ringing and playing the warning, text messages and voicemail on the mobile, and on the television. :( I’ll never forget that.
8:54 While that video was recorded in California I do like to point out that Emergency Alert System test is usually aired in a American Spanish-language television network called, Univision.
I vaguely remember as a kid, 8 almost 9 or something, and watching on TV about the tsunami and earthquake in Japan in 2011, many people were worried for them, even my mom was. I remember asking what a tsunami was and my mom told me what it meant and I asked if it could happen to us. I don’t live in a state where it can happen bc I don’t live near an ocean but I was horrified. I swear the Japanese have to be the strongest people. Huge respect for them for dealing with that a lot. Every time I hear their alert watching these kind of things, I find it terrifying. 💀
I live in Japan and I just can't bare how people could say that Japan's emergency alert noises (?) is so calming whilst me over here having goddamn shivers because I hate the sound just hearing that there is an earthquake
So many people live near the coasts. They’re asking for it. But everyone here is asking to get their town wiped off the map by a tornado so it’s the same here.
Japan is something that I liked, when I went there on holiday we were watching TV when we got news about an incoming typhoon and that we should be wary. Although it was terrifying as we barely have any natural disasters where I live, but I felt slightly reassured given how calm and collected they were when giving out the news.
Is Sacramento Valley, California. That was an wrong EAN and TV channel is KUCO-LD Univision 27, in Chico/Redding area, California. (US Spanish-language TV network)
Thank you for including the speaking afterwards. It really helps highlight the actual announcement and not just the alert which is usually all that's played in some of these videos, I found it very interesting to hear bushfire alerts or tornado warnings and especially the japanese tsunami warning as it came in fresh
5:12 wow, i'm actually shocked at how he went from calm and professional to desperate and loud. my heart absolutely dropped when he switched in the middle of the earthquake information, into the tsunami information yelling at everyone to remember the great east earthquake. i can't imagine how scared i would be if i were stuck in that situation. r.i.p. to all the lives that were lost in this event. 14:59 she was straight up telling you that the fire would kill you if you didn't respond quick enough and take shelter. that is actually quite shocking to hear, considering that barely any emergency alert in the united states (where i live) would tell you that you would die.
look, i live in victoria, and i was travelling at that time. i was decending down to melbourne international, and i could see smoke in the air and it just looked bad. i got home safe from the airport and was told about the warning by my dad. not the best feeling moment
@@esansmegalovaniaplaysroblo3978 maybe if you would read the comment carefully you wouldn't have to be a smartass and correct me. wouldn't that make sense?
All fun and games until you pause the video and the alarm doesn’t stop
oh shi-
Oh my god
Oh my gosh that would be really terrifying
@@PV9000 😃 W H A T
True facts
@@PV9000 lol me too
Everybody says that the Japanese one is exceptionally calm, but please realize that Japanese people are way different and feel those warnings differently, since earthquakes are almost their "daily" bread.
Just yesterday it happens 3 times a day. I don't want to get hearing loss over mere earthquake warning
@@houghwhite411 That often? That is unbelieveable! I hope those were just minor shakes and nothing too serious?
@@RichieLarpa morning was 6 richter scale, day was 3 and evening was 2.
That calming bling bling tone is a quake warning meaning the quake haven't reached the people yet.
Like the chileans
Exceptionally calm? That warbling noise with yellow lines and a red X highlighting the coast on a plain solid blue background makes me wanna hide in myself
I love how informative and personal Japan’s tv warning is, while the US is just like “beeeeeeeeeep good luck lol”
Yes we just go BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP YOUR WELCOME FOR YOUR PANIC ATTACK AND ALSO FLASH FLOOD LOL
@@cindimcclain6325 OMG THIS IS SO ACCURATE LOL
I'm sometimes scared for my phone to have an emergency alert, or a test in the middle of the night. The main reason is because, the alert sound will scare the crap out of me at night, so I instead plug in my phone somewhere further away from me to charge.
@@fealmar1 it’s close to me so when it happens i can just shut it up
I wish the US would bring the Japan's EEW system, it's much better and informative.
(Not so) fun fact: Japan's EAS alert automatically turns on your tv
Edit: I forgot to mention it does so at maximum volume (Thank you tredl9100)
Even without having cable ?
@@jamesturcotte6753 I think. I'm an american, so I don't really know.
that sounds fuckin scary
Holy shít. I can’t imagine waking up to that sound. The sound it self scares me as is
imagine sleeping in Japan and then your tv turns on automatically. Like damn it's giving the ring vibes
From the Japanese point of view:
In Japan, small earthquakes occur daily throughout the country. The only time an alert like the one in this video is issued is when there is a direct threat to life. Those who say they are not afraid are saying this because they do not live in Japan. The generation of Japanese who experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake have this sound etched into their spines.
I'm from the U.S but have friends in Japan that experienced the Great Earthquake. They are still terrified. It was such a horrible experience for them to go through and such a tragedy for Japan.
I don't even life in Japan, never been there, and it still oddly enough sent chills through me.
this sound is really scary.
from Japan🇯🇵
マジで怖いよこれは
@Oofity Banderas Guys, Why are you talking in my comment reply?
The end of the Japanese TV one is terrifying, the dude on the TV was scared and told everyone to save their lives, yet people say that the Japanese one is the most calm one it's one of the only ones that gave me chills.
It gave me chills too
Well the alarm NOISE is what's calm, but when it's the actual alerts that people are saying, then it isn't calm
The way it cuts off at the end aswell
@@artisticmoon1667 scared me shitless
Japan one gave me chills
I had a phone alert today in Lithuania. It was terrifying. We were all notified of a supercell storm head towards Vilnius. I was so terrified when the alert sounded.
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@@amyschuster8301what? That’s not gonna help
Give me a meat pie
Omg here some food 🍢🍡🍱🍢🫙🍶🍩🥛🍿🎂🫘🍵🫖🧋🫗🍧🍬🧃🍪🧃🍜🥛🥧
Fun fact: Greece’s EAS Is scary because almost no one follows the rules.
true i remember when first time getting emergency alert i thought it was on tv but it was on the phone that freaking scare me
@Dan chem nope because your here.
In that case...RIP
I don’t.
Time stamp?
It's interesting that we all find the Japanese alert to be less terrifying, almost comforting, yet people who experienced the 2011 earthquake find the sound absolutely terrifying
Edit: okay so this comment is still getting replies so I thought it was important to address a few things.
I’m very aware that this is a response to trauma. I know all about PTSD. I was in the deadly Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. There are certain sounds today that freak me out.
Secondly, I wanted to apologise to everyone who experienced the Japanese earthquake. I am so sorry. There are no words to provide comfort for the horrors you have experienced.
Lastly, I just want to remind everyone to be kind to one another, because our days are limited, and life can be taken from you in the blink of an eye. Stay safe everyone ❤️
Japanese rough translation:
私たち全員が日本の警報がそれほど恐ろしくなく、ほとんど慰めであると感じるのは興味深いことですが、2011年の地震を経験した人々はその音が絶対に恐ろしいと感じています
編集：わかりました、このコメントはまだ返信を受け取っているので、いくつかのことに対処することが重要だと思いました。
これがトラウマへの反応であることを私はよく知っています。 私はPTSDについてすべて知っています。 私は2010年と2011年のクライストチャーチの致命的な地震に見舞われました。今日、私を驚かせる特定の音があります。
第二に、日本の地震を経験したすべての人に謝罪したいと思います。 本当に申し訳ない。 あなたが経験した恐怖に慰めを与える言葉はありません。
最後に、私たちの日々は限られており、瞬く間にあなたから命を奪うことができるので、私は皆にお互いに親切であることを思い出させたいと思います。 みんな安全に！❤️
Ye, it’s really strange. I’m sorry to anyone that dealed with the Fukushima tsunami of 2011
It’s mainly because it’s frightening by association. If someone played the USA’s EAS to someone who had never heard it, they wouldn’t really find it scary, but because we know it means impending danger, it’s terrifying to US citizens. So for the Japanese, their tone is absolutely terrifying because of association.
@@BrapBrapDorito that’s true, however the first time I heard the USA’s eas it scared me haha. But it’s true with the text alert sound as well. It never used to scare me and now it does
I find it terrifying. Its so calm
Maybe they have ptsd of it
The worst thing you can hear during bushfire season in Australia: "it is too late to leave".
Ikr I live in Nsw
Ikr
也不會忘記!
Or during flooding up north
Definitely because I live in Vic
0:00 - Phone Alerts
1:33 - Television alerts / Tests
11:24 - Radio / Car Alerts
😇 Hope this helps u guys!!
EDIT: 3:14 is also here if u want it.
EdIt 2: BRUH- The Jerusalem one scared the living daylights out of me!
I'm Argentine and i love Japanese girls ❤
I'm from Mexico and I like you@@joaquinvaleri7022
China: There's an earth quake.
Jerusalem: Just a friendly reminder that your free trail of life is about to expire!
Japan*
Count down to death
BAHAHAHAHA-
trial*
@@windows8.1proforthewin Yeah but doesnt trail work too
If you've ever seen one of those Japanese alerts, the newsreaders can be in the middle of the fluffiest news story and laughing their heads off and the second the little chime goes off, they instantly go dead serious like somebody backstage threw a switch. It's impressive.
And the american: BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP GOOD LUCK WITH TORNADO AND A TSUNAMI LOL
@@ewee3912 me who's Californian: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA WE GET NO TORNADOES FOOL
Agreed
5:09 Japan every 1 sec be like:
@@ewee3912 Meanwhile in Italy: 💫🎼✨🕺✨🎼💫
Jerusalem: * Scary sounds *
UA-cam subtitles: * music and laughter *
I can't believe they actually say that xDDD
What the hey UA-cam-
activator
Activator
UA-cam hates Israel confirmed
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The Canadian television warning was unintentionally creepy, with that unnatural text-to-speech voiceover...
cap
Japan news tv: "Please remain calm."
(1 or 2 minutes passed)
Japan news TV: *panics*
Japan can easily deal with earthquakes, they have earthquake-proof houses. But a tsunami? Hell nah, they have nothing against that. That explains why.
@@pablothecat1405 Exactly.
Bruh, what happened to the news guy?! He got cut off
@@MC-es7oe he’s probably fine
Lmao
When I lived in Japan, the warnings were accurate and prompt before you can feel tremors. They definitely take it very seriously.
They have a eew system where they tell u seconds before the earthquake starts that it’s gonna happen. I holiday in Japan once and I know.
@@maxinemayfield4551 so they know when a earthquake will happen?
@@pak3ton Mhm, they send an alert out about a few seconds before the earthquake. Technology in Japan is very advanced.
@@maxinemayfield4551 then is not "before you can feel tremors".
i took it too literal lol
@@pak3ton earthquakes move slowly enough (2.5 to 4 miles per second) that there's a few seconds between when it starts in one location and the most intense parts start in the rest of the effected region.
Canada is like: We’re gonna make everyone have a heart attack
New Zealand is scarier in my opinion
New Zealand:WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW
As a Canadian, I’ve gotten more than a thousand near heart attacks from that sound.
EAS alerts should start quietly and then get louder like a music crescendo, so it doesn’t give anyone a heart attack when it starts blaring at three int the morning
As a Canadian student I have to agree. Why does my province have the EAS on for covid safety every. Time. Were. Put. On. Lockdown. I get anxiety attacks every. Bleeping. Time.
the clip that starts at 8:54 is in California because the TV says Sacramento but their TV is tuned to a channel that has Spanish content for the non English speakers
Japan really cares about ppls anxiety, mental health, and hearing.
Edit: don't even mention about the J-alert, ik it doesn't care about it.
Ikr
Except for the missle alert
Well what do you expect? This country is a hell if you're a wagie. If you have your company, then it's easier but workers in Japan do A lot of overtime and are put under A shit ton of pressure due to having too many things to do and apologising for even getting sick
Malaysia and Israel: *EARAEAEAEAEEAEAEAEAEEAEAEAEAEAEEAEAEAEAEAE*
@JeezChill good point
Everyone's talking about how scary the covid announcements in Canada are but here in the UK we have to see Boris' face on our screens when a lockdown is announced XD
Who in the bluest of super Saiyan royal blue IS Boris
@@SneakyXeno Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister.
In poland we had to see Morawiecki,,
i’m so sorry…. terrifying :(
Yet we do indeed have a warning set up but its never used because its for a missile or a nuke attack
Japan be like: c a l m
US: BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
What about Germany a.k.a Undertale battles?
Us is the most common one
Beep beep there is is flash flood nobody cares about, bye !
@@bird6196 y e s
@@bird6196 true
For the Location Unknown one in 9:25 , it's been determined that this was an EAN (Emergency Action Notification) message transmitted on Univision 27 in the Chico/Redding area, according to NorCalDude599 and AnEAShasbeenissued. Hope this helps!
That one was in Argentina
I have evidence that this happened in the Chico/Redding Area. I looked up the original source of the video shown at 9:25, and at the end there was an ident showing the Univision 27 logo.
What was the alert for?
A test, I believe.
Yeah, I noticed the message said "Sacramento" (the capitol of California, which is located in the northern region of the state) on it. That combined with the message seemingly being in Spanish (California has a large Spanish-speaking population, so a lot of services are in Spanish too) made me think it was probably made in California.
It’s amazing how people in the comments are going on about how cute and calm the Japanese alarm is (which, admittedly is pretty calm) but whenever I hear it I get so scared it’s so eerie and I hate because hearing it while things tumble down in your house is terrifying
People just don't know that we are conditioned to associate certain sounds with an anxiety response. The sounds of hospital equipment skeeve me the hell out because I associate it with when my grandma was in the hospital many years ago. There's an alarm that goes off to signal end of shift at this factory near my boyfriend's place and it just reminds me so much of Silent Hill. My aunt in California used to live in LA where there were earthquakes and they were scary for my cousins. They had to stand in a doorway or sit under a table. When there were wildfire warnings, they had to spray the roof of their home with water from the hose and only take very important items such as documents, medications, clothes and that's pretty much it when it came to evacuating.
@ZionTheRapper HAUTTP #lookslong
Oh just know that there is 2
gives you a freaking jumpscare to tell you about some test
i was minding my own business and then my phone blasted the us alert on full vol, just to find out it was an amber alert. i have those off now
What about it tankman
I was fighting the kraken in sea of thieves then wabbam... and the worst part it I sunk and all 3 of my crewmates were new players
I know l ran down my stairs to see it
@@qpol ayo was the kid found tho
For those curious on how the Japanese alert systems work: for phones, it’s the same as it is now for everyone else with iPhones. Every phone has its own alert tone, but the one shown was old. For TV, the initial ring is to get your attention, they announce it and bring it to a camera, when you hear a small chime, that means it’s hit the area since the alert is earlier than the actually quake hitting the surface. The tsunami beeping turns the radio and other devices on incase of power outages.
It’s not cute, it’s terrifying.
Many people say that the Japanese alert is cute and not alarming at all. I'm Japanese and it is absolutely terrifying. Thank you for explaining it
@@あつあつみそ yeah, idk why they say it is cute and not scary, after you get to see it and see a disaster coming, you always know that: that one single chime already says impending doom, they just never experienced it so they really never see the problem with it
@@あつあつみそ it’s not cute, but because the sound is like bells and not a siren, in comparison to other alerts, it feels softer, almost like a ringtone.
That's the whole thing with these kind of alarms, it's not about how they sound, it's about what they mean
for me it's not cute at all, even though i'm not in japan nor i've ever been. (though maybe it's because ringtones give me anxiety? idk) but ye, i find it pretty uncomfortable
9:25 For those who can't translate the message here you go:
First Message: During This Emergency All Stations will be Open to Recieve News and Inform the Public in Designated Areas. This is K20 FZ. We will continue to serve you in the North Sacramento Valley. If you are not in this Local Area, Contact Your Local Station For News and Information.
2nd Message: You are listening to the Northan Sacramento Valley Emergency Alert System Service. Do Not Use Your Phone Telephone Lines Should Be Open for Emergency Use. The Emergency Alert System has been Activated.
OH
8:53
You smart
@@Peaches_world728 Thank u
What language is that
The end of the Japan TV was fucking terrifying
EVACUATE AMM- BEEP BEEP BEEP
*he died*
@@maxballmaxxing *what*
*how*
@@maxballmaxxing no
EVACUATE IMM- **stops**
You: did he die? Whatever ima turn the TV off
**tv magically springs back to life**
You: WAIT HOW THE- **tsunami invaded your room and you die**
The Japanese one scares me, especially because of the fact that his tone gets more serious as he talks
It sounds like he’s seeing it live, out of a window he sees the horror arriving then gets cut off. Scary it is.
He's terrified but trying to hold it together for the sake of his audience. Bless him, that's bravery.
We had to study that clip in my Japanese class and answer questions on it to ensure we understood the vocab.
@@basicallystupid7080 the cutting off actually tells other devices to display the same alarm
More scarier when its cuts off
5:16 That shift in tone caught me off guard
Huh?
OMG
Did he just die why did it get cut off
@@SE7EN306 I believe it is to start that end tone.
the ending tone is to wake up as many TVs as possible, to save lives
Ya
I’d never seen the COVID-19 Emergency Alert. I didn’t know they had one.
I was terrified when I watched the japanese one. It was like "yeah, it's hard, there's a tsunami alert" and all very calm, but then the "there's a tsunami, remember the great eastern tsunami"... it made my heart sink. I know how it ended, we all know. I can't imagine how people who lived the tragedy would react watching this again.
I'd love you added mexican alert. We only have one, the seismic one, but some people say it's scary.
How did the tsunami end?
@@blueskysunnyday4220 do you know about the Japanese tsunami that happened I forgot when? It killed I think 200k to 300k people
@@xenogashi4624 idk maybe
@@xenogashi4624 i know one called the japanese tsunami idk if thats the same one ik im dumb xd
@@blueskysunnyday4220 that one is the great tsunami from 2011 with 15k deaths, this one is from i think 2018, no deaths, only injured
The one in Japan escalated quickly oh fuck-
The language on both of you.
It went insane in about 3 seconds.
@@thatcactus. english
@Windows 7 shit
@@BeepBoy gottem
Dang those COVID emergency alerts feel like something out of one of those EAS scenario horror videos. I've never seen an alert that fills the whole screen like that.
Fr and it makes it seem like the apocalypse or something
@@brisking kinda is tho, to an extent
Imagine seeing that 5 years ago without any knowledge of what would be going on
@@brisking frr
British?
Props to the guy who traveled all over the world just to get alerts.
yeah, and perfect timing as well.
6:05 THAT’S THEIR TONE?! That’s hardcore! I feel sorry for anyone who has to deal with that one...
When I say hardcore I mean that not in a good way...
Philippines?
@@dwaynegaming9511 yeah
@@jackskellington7526 it's just a test
@@dwaynegaming9511 oh,well that’s still very terrifying to hear...
Can't imagine being that japanese news reporter, let alone not crack up in some panic attack whilst having to explain how theres an urgent emergency in a nearby area. Props to that guy
It was very terrifying for the northern Japanese people, Rest In Peace to those that died.
@@Mbiaal Yeah. It's hard to think about.
Let's all be honest with ourselves- no matter what EAS you hear, you are bout to be shitting your pants for what's coming.
denmark
My country are testing eas and in school a load of phones went off in the middle of the day... Doesn't help that the sound is a scary and loud siren
fax
there are only two outliers, germany and italy
@@williamsquibb5249 I have quite a lot of phones like 4 or 5. If they all turned on-
for an Aussie...Bushfires are an annual event, that can happen during our summertime, this is a very detailed broadcast which is a saviour that helped many locals during the 2019-2020 bushfires
That Australian one was terrifying though: "You are in danger and need to act now to survive. It is too late to leave." I cannot begin to imagine that, my word...
“It is too late to leave” those words haunt me, and I’m from Michigan! We only get tornadoes and if we’re unlucky, a small earthquake
I got that but it wasn’t for my area but all of Victoria received it. The alarm on the radio scared the living shit out of me.
I remember when the bushfires in my state came around. We were deep in the city and we heard this warning after the song "AM to PM". It was quite distressing as the bushfire was heading our way.
@@basicallystupid7080 IVE lived in Michigan all my life, I’m 19, and never witnessed a earthquake, or I was too young to remember. And our tornados are nothing compared to the south lol.
Australia really said *"It is too late."*
Bushfires are scary as
@@lucastubbs OOOOh yeah--the peeps in California know this...
(I am on the East Coast so I haven't had the "pleasure" of experiencing a devastating wildfire...the people who have gone through this are scarred for life and that sucks...)
As an Aussie, luckily I am not near a bushy area and never will be.
@@zombiepuppu same, I live in Brisbane and im just glad we don't get too many fires here.
@@MamaToFive *my godmother’s house got burned in a fire in 2019. her house hasn’t been built yet that much haha. But that house that got burned was a cool house man.*
Strange seeing so many people say that Japan's EAS is calm, when its super terrifying if you've witnessed "past events". Hell, it's terrifying even if you didn't witness it.
I agree
I remember seeing it on tv
And the situation kept getting worse and worse by the moment (mega earthquake, mega tsunami, one of the worst nuclear accident to date...)
I remember being on the side of the sofa and just watching it on the news, I felt pretty conflicted that time
I was in Spain so really couldn't truly graps the true magnitude of it, but I remember the feeling of sheer horror
Yeah imagine waking up at 4 in the morning to hear that at max volume
I'm not even Japanese, nor do I know anyone living in Japan, but that EAS system scares me so much (even more than the American one, honestly). I fell into a rabbit hole of UA-cam videos from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the following tsunami and now associate that beeping with what happened on 3.11. What happened in Tōhoku that day must have left a huge mark on the Japanese if someone my age gets scared watching video footage from a decade after the actual event - I'm sure the EAS is way worse for them.
Agreed ( also are you bisexual?)
@@B0ttle12 my classmate is
12:36 I remember this. I don’t live in Ontario but it gave me a warning. A tornado didn’t come though but there was a really really strong storm
Australia’s bushfire warning gave me chills, not just because of the siren either. A few times the speaker touched on situations where you might not be able to be saved, and it sure seems effective to get people moving, because it’s horrifying for me to listen to. Imagine being trapped inside your house with fire all around you, and having no way to escape. The heat of the flames are lulling you to sleep, and your eyes are dilating until you pass out. From that point forward, you are unconscious and the fire is slowly coming to you with no way for you to survive it.
Edit: I gotta say, ever since I posted this comment a year ago, you all have had some moving things to say about your experiences with the fires. I’m really happy I got the chance to connect so many people. Thank you all for sharing.
Bruh that is SCARY to think about they actually did a good job
Ya I had to evacuate from my house I live just out side tinga nsw and ya it’s scary as fuck
yeah i lived near an area where there was fires and i got an amber alert. I get scared whenever i hear that sound because of that time
This isn’t related to Australia but holy fuck California got it bad. There was a fire called the Thomas fire that devastated so many homes on the mountain. My dad’s family had to evacuate. It makes me melancholic when I think of that fire :(
@@sorentothesky Australia*
Are we just gonna ignore that Phippines talks about Orange Rain?
It refers to the levels of rainfall warning, with red the highest and yellow the lowest.
Yeah, In El Salvador there was that level actually
@@vernalyndavis4046 oh, I thought it meant like the pain you'll feel if it hits you lmfao
@@vernalyndavis4046 Ah. So i was being kinda dumb.
@@AWild_Dragon you're not dumb bro, we just have a lot more to learn.
Cellphone Alert
0:13 United States
0:35 Ontario
0:48 Japan
0:55 Philippines
1:12 New Zealand
Television Alert
1:33 Michigan
2:28 Ontario
3:13 Japan
5:49 Philippines
6:22 Saudi Arabia
8:56 California
9:30 Israel
Radio Alert
11:24 Tennessee
12:33 Ontario
13:24 Victoria, Australia
19:03 Finland
19:24 Japan
Tha nks
8:56 isnt in México, is in California.
@@Newjeans_79 sacramento is so far from Mexico dude.
8:56 Sacramento Valley*
How long till some one remixes isreal was into the Thomas theme song
if anyone doesn’t know, you shouldn’t wear synthetic/non wool or cotton fabrics near fire or heat because it will literally melt to your skin and pretty much be one with your skin. If you have cotton or wool on, you can easily take it off or put it out
im sorry ontario really felt the need to creep people out just for corona
*come on man I’m trying to watch ninjago*
F that place. Ruled by power hungry authoritarians
i hate that alarm as i live in ontario it freaks me out
R.I.P to me having a phone whose EAS alerts don't go to it. I had to see a friends phone cause corona alert with EAS cane during school
You have good taste my friend
Covid alert in Italy was pretty chill
ua-cam.com/video/llvAmij9omE/v-deo.html
I love how the Philippines Emergency alert casually plays sounds of a great chaos. Random car crash sounds, explosions, sirens
BEEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
The whole Japanese alarm broadcast was really interesting and it really hit different after the tsunami alert was issued and he told everyone to save their lives.
That was scary when it had the beep beep
The radioactive thing omg bruh
a earthquake happened and I was in Japan and my moms phone shows that alarm lolll
The saudi one is creepiest for me. It's got that early 90's feel from tornado warnings in my childhood wondering if my house would be destroyed, plus the extra fun of war and poison gas
Japan: report news
Earth: NOOO I DON’T LIKE NEWS *starts shaking tectonic plates aggressively*
im shitting ikea hats while reading this
ははははは💀
Honestly i feel like Japan understands people’s anxiety and gets that putting a really scary one can scare children and adults and cause caos. Good for them
No, not at all.
Japan's alerts get your attention. For Japanese, especially since it happens daily and due to the association with 2011, the sound is TERRIFYING AS HELL.
*chaos
According to Japanese comments I’ve read, yes and no. While thier intention is to reduce anxiety among children and elders, people still lose thier shit when they hear the sound
i wish our eas was this informative as japan on tv, they literally stayed as long as they can to save peoples lives, with ours, they’re just like, “tornado is coming, survive”
edit: why do i watch these videos i feel like i’m torturing myself
It’s like “hey, you might die, good luck”
I agree, but I've got an explanation why tornado sirens and warnings are so abrupt, and that's because that's the absolute nature of tornadoes. They can spawn out of nearly nowhere and in an instant, and can disappear just as fast, so they might assume the viewer has gone ahead and made preparations for the emergency and are not watching anymore. I know the last tornado scare we had the channel still kept playing and relaying information even after the warning, but not all warnings are built the same
They actually are, they display a message on screens while Japanese and Australia do by voice. Nonetheless it's still informative
EAS usually have to be short (or timely) because if something like a tornado is coming, then you can't take 10 minutes talking about the history of tornadoes. You have to tell people to take shelter quick and what to do if there's no shelter/car/etc. The more detailed reports would come after the storm. Of course for stuff like COVID though you could take a while, but it's easier to redirect people to a website anyway.
@@haveagoodday7021 i look back at this comment after a year, and i cringe at myself, yeah, i obviously know that now, i’m a weather nerd and i used to be a weather weenie
other countries: WE ARE ABOUT TO DIE, TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
japan: We are about to die, take cover immediately 😘😍🧚♀️🌹✨
I find it beautifully comical that most places in the world, like Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, among other places are super helpful, meanwhile Canada and the USA kind of just throw you to the wind in a "save yourself" scenario.
Nah, its just usa
Canadas gives off instructions on your tv or phone. The noise just gets your attention. But actual safety protocols and information are given on your phone or tv. It also, given circus will read it off
@@mickeywaffleking8502 ye
Arabia is kinda warning me though
Australia: RUN NOW GET OUT OF YOUR CAR AND RUN HOME THERE IS A BUSH FIRE GO GO!
I'm from Canada and I've always found it weird how our mobile alerts sound exactly like the sound we play on Radio and TV, but every other country just uses the same exact EAS tone apparently
i’m american and all the alerts sound kinda the same, the first time i heard a missing child alert, i ran to my mom and cried. ours is actually kinda terrifying to kids.
The US EAS alarm is terrifying as hell when you first hear it. I remember a few years ago I was watching CN when all of a sudden a blaring alarm sounded. It’s not fun.
@@speedy5152 when i was like 6 or 7 i fell asleep on the couch watching tv and the alert went off in the middle of the night and i was just frozen with fear
I remember when I was a kid watching TV in the middle of the night. I was already a scaredy cat (had to have a night-light or tv on to sleep) so when I heard the EAS come on for testing I began crying, lol. Fortunately it doesn't scare me as bad, though I don't really hear it anymore, since any EAS I see first on my phone, and the IPhone alarm isn't scary at all.
Well… I thought it was some technical difficulties
"This video contains loud tones *that may alert others"* is way more menacing than it should be
Moms be like: GET IN THE CLOSET
It's way more menacing than it should BEEEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEEP
I live and was born in the Philippines. So yes, most of our emergency/amber alerts on phones are probably earthquakes or heavy yellow/orange rainfall, and probably sometimes landslides and floods, maybe tsunamis, whatever appears. I have only experienced heavy yellow/orange rainfall and flood alerts. I am not sure on the others.
This be giving me chills
All other alarms: **freaks you out if u hear em at midnight**
Japan: **panics cutely**
Trust me, the Japanese one is terrifying if you experienced the 2011 tsunami and earthquake
OK but the Japanese EAS will literally TURN ON YOUR TV FULL BLAST WTF
Four
Once when I was at the outer banks in North Carolina (USA) My little brother woke me up at 1:00 A.M. because it was a alert test
Omg a earthquake just happened and it moved my house the alarm was the Japan one my tv didn’t open up but that was still scary 😦
Canada be like: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
It doesn’t really bother me during the day but when it wakes you up at 3am it’s terrifying
@Silver theanimator Same dude i got really scared
That mean you guys getting scared very easly....
It absolute fucks my ballsack I hate that noise it gives me mini heart attacks
@Silver theanimator So you're still a child?
every alarm: **insert alarm noises**
australia’s bushfire warnings: **insert talking in scary tone and giving safety tips**
Yea they do that and it scares me
(Because I’m Australian)
no, ours just gives you a little jump but then it stops and THEN it says the stuff
@@Ghostiethenonbinary im aussie too. it happens almost every summer
Philippenes: *DEATH! FIRE! SCR E AMING! S C A R E!!!!*
@@c0zmozys
Hehe i am a filipino living in australia
The unknown area at 9:23 is the North Valley of Sacramento. It is an emergency declaring that usage of the telephone is for emergency use (which means to call Emergency Services) only. It also stated that during whatever emergency was undergoing, You had to be tuned into your home station (the station for your area) for information and news during said emergency.
I wonder how that whole conundrum started
And i wonder what K20FZ (what the originating station supposedly was) is
Do you think it was just the wrong message being sent out, or was there more to it
@@polturdgeist Not likely. You rarely see any areas of the world to accidentally send out an EAS. I don’t know the entire story, and I wonder too!
@@lxlgamer4516 i read on wikipedia that they inserted a wrong cartridge but idk how the EAS works
@@polturdgeist Oh, OK then. If they inserted a wrong cartridge (because thats how some EAS systems used to / still work) it most likely WAS a false alarm.
9:40 this EAS was actually all over Israel, there was a siren all over the state and people were asked to wear their gas masks, because there was a fear of a missile with a chemical warhead launched from Iraq during the Gulf War.
Edit Dec 11th, 2021: Thx for 214 likes
Edit June 13th, 2022: 225 likes! yay
that's frightening
I thought this one was because of the bombs dropping?
20 people died and it was a scud missile
U know scud missile
The missile was from Iraq cause of the israeli-Palestinian attack
I’m Canadian and I’ve seen my fair share of Amber Alerts. They not only show up on TV, they also appear on bus displays in Vancouver. An Amber Alert only shows up if a kid disappears and that’s scary
Im From Los Angeles, CA. We have Earthquakes alerts like before it happens like Japan
I’ve heard it so many times, that when I hear it I just don’t care. I’m like “oh my god is this a missing child sire again?”
Same, they also appear on buses here in Ottawa as well.
Oh scrap
Im the only Italian here apparently
Fun fact:saudi was supposed to be like that to not scare anyone and remind everyone about a tv show,so they can be a lot calmsr
I personally believe it's scarier, since it "feels" so "bare-bones" and keeps flashing the text... Furthermore, it says "Put your GAS MASK on" 😳
I was born in 2010 but that was not for a tv show that channel 3 is saudi channel just to say when the danger is over
@@ayatollahalikhamenei3722 not Riyadh it's the shamal zone
Riyadh is in the middle
@@TheRealMjoctUA-cam thanks
11:30
Wanna know something scary? This alert was for a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado in Tennessee, right? Well, in March 2020, a tornado hit Nashville. Here’s the scary part; _this video was uploaded in 2020, the same year of the tornado._
That’s not scary, it’s just common sense
australian emergency alerts are so informative.
that's a good thing that they take their time to help people take cover and stay safe, they care about their population
W H Y V I C I O U S B E E P H O T O
they do that because they need to highlight every possibility. bushfires are largely unpredictable and move fast. its not as simple as get in your car or stay in your home. they make references to plans that people in Australia renew annually about how to escape. they need to let us know when to (or if it's too late) to enact that plan. air quality indexes are important as Canberra (our capital city) was the most toxic place on earth for air quality (i think) last year. in Australia we also like reasons for doing things. as an example, the following: "do not drive your car" is too vague in a situation like a bushfire. a more situation appropriate statement may follow the lines of: "in *insert town name(s) here*, it is too late to leave. trees may have fallen on to roads and access is needed for emergency services. in *insert town name(s) here*, it is heavily recommended to evacuate now as it may not be safe to do so later."
The US is literally just *hey if you live here you might die haha*
The “unknown location” is in California, United States. I’m thinking more likely Northern California since it’s talking about the Sacramento Valley. It’s in Spanish.
Wow
Fun fact (actually, is quite depressing): Mexico has the most useless and deadlier of alerts. Mexico City's anti-earthquake alert, operating since the late 80s after the great 1985 earthquake, has taken the lives of at least half a dozen due to cardiac problems and other accidents caused by the fear the alert causes on people. All end up being minor scares, many being false alarms. Since it only detects earthquakes originating in certain locations near the 1985 epicenter in the State of Guerrero at the south, it missed the 2nd worst earthquake in Mexico City's history in 2017, with its epicenter being in the state of Puebla, close to Mexico City but quite far from Guerrero. The alert activated itself in the middle of the quake, many buildings had been already evacuated when it started to sound while others didn't even have the chance to hear it. The idea of the alert is to allow a minute or so to evacuate as many as possible before the shockwave reaches the city and save their lives by not being inside the buildings if they collapse since the alert would sound first if the quake originates in the same place as the one from 1985, however, such occurence has never happened so no lives have ever been saved by it.
Well i hope the third time will work this time
Mejico Majico
@@themadsuika3909 we'll make sure to text you next time it happens around 2047
As someone who lives nearby the San Andreas fault knowing that is kinda sad, like... Oh well, viva México :'3
Pero el pri robo mas
8:54, location is North Sacramento, California. In Spanish, it says "nosotros continuaremos en servirles en el norte del valle de Sacramento" which means "We continue to serve the north Sacramento valley area"
ohh alright
I was surprised at people commenting how Japanese alert is calm. I thought that the combination of the sound was created in a way that makes people feel anxious... It makes me more anxious than listening to the loud beeps. The loud beeps are effective in making me frightened and panic though.
I love how the Australian one is giving instructions on how to deal with different type of situations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Good for Australia
lucky australians
Escape fire: Go into the ocean.
Why, Victoria? (New South Wales resident)
I lived on Australia
5:15 omg it's really terrifying.. They really switch the tone when announcing the tsunami alert..
Earthquakes happen often here in japan- but tsunamis really terrifies people here-
Yeah cuz tsunamis can be really deadly since the current is really strong like back in 2011, the houses and boats were flushed away and the height was really high
It’s scary, it’s like he’s seeing the huge wave coming at them and when he gets cut off, they’re swallowed by the wave, haunting it is.
It's creepy how he cuts off
@@unknownpalooza8475Football Hooliganism War in Ukraine Crime in Argentina and Woodstock 99
8:54 Location: Latam
Thx
6:08 I guess that's effective enough.
It's just a drill in real life we already heard it that channel is banned now
@@dwaynegaming9511 ntc was the cause of abs cbn shutting down
@@dwaynegaming9511 yeah their channel is gone but, they still have a spare channel to go in. Kapamilya Channel, owned by ABS - CBN
@@Casteray true
No one is going to talk about the car crash and screaming?
Can we talk about when they test these systems at 2 am in the us??? I cannot tell you how many times I woke up on a school night and couldn’t fall back asleep because of these. They literally kill me.
They used to run them at 2 pm but they stopped making them do it that late.
The system alarm scares me even still, I literally don’t turn my radio to anything but cds now so I don’t have a dose of panic with the suddenness, yet here I am watching this, lol.
literally sudden alarms give me so much anxiety i hate it when the tests come up at night especially when im alone in the house
i literally turn my tv off quickly for a few minutes until the sound goes away(when its a test, not the real thing)😭
I'm in a EST zone so it's like 1 pm when they test.
Fun Fact : In France we don't really experience these kind of things however we do quite often deal with Alerte Enlèvement (basically a kidnapping alert) which sounds just as stressful. We also have a test of alert sirens in big towns once a month.
We have tornado siren tests every Wednesday in ohio
My mind right now when I just read this: holy crap
@@notarotomwithhair5637 ok
Moi je vis au Canada et des fois ça arrive pendant la nuit. Et ça fait peur
Oui, les alertes enlèvements souvent à la télé m’ont toujours stressé
12:20 that’s the warning announcement we still hear in every corner of USA
yup
日本のアラートについて可愛いというコメントや、アナウンサーが冷静であることを指摘している人が多いが、日本人にとってこのアラートは怖いものである。ある意味、習慣のように地震の時にしか聞かないアラートを危険だと捉えているからだ。サイレンなどは、消防車や救急車でよく耳にするから、地震だけは特別なんだ。
ニュースキャスターは地震について非常に冷静に伝えているが、彼らはものすごい練習をしているはずだよ。TVがパニックになって情報が伝わらず逃げ遅れた人が3.11の時にいたからね。教訓として、厳しく指導されているんだと思う。彼らも冷静ではないし、とても大きな地震に対して日本人は慣れてないからそこは勘違いしないで欲しい。
日本のアラームは本当に怖いです😥
I like how Saudi Arabia has an English translation for the English speaking population. :^)
It’s very nice of those Saudi Arabians to translate the warning for English speaking people.
Israel has Arabic, Hebrew, English, Russian and 2 more languages I cant identify.
@@AK-fc1iy One of the 2 languages is Spanish. The other one looks like something I’d see in a children’s sandbox.
@@eddiesuc7731 it's Amharic
I don't think it's specifically for English speaking people, rather than translating everything into a language that's the most likely to be understood/spoken by the most amount of people [the text is written in the Arabic alphabet, not in the Latin alphabet]. English isn't an official language in Saudi Arabia, so that's why I think they chose a common language that's taught in schools and private institutions... 🤔
Japan's EEW alerts TVs, radios, and cell phones seconds before an earthquake hits. The way it works is that an earthquake generates two waves, the P-wave and the S-wave, which are so small that they are difficult to feel and travel very fast from the epicenter. When a seismic station observes the P-wave, it sends out a warning to areas where tremors are expected within one second, thus making it possible to send out a warning seconds before the tremors hit. Incidentally, tsunami warnings are simply sounded when a tsunami is observed by instruments floating at sea.
Good fact!
Cool
I like how japan actually gives proper information, care about other peoples life and repeat themselves about the emergency . But in Us they just give a message, the alarm and some random voiceover.
i love how informative japan and australia are
But they are also very scary
@@gachalover101karma_bearand9 I mean it helps you realise just how real the situation is, I’ve only heard our flood warning in Australia and they are pretty similiar mainly stating if you see any form of running water over the road that you can’t see the bottom of or even that it’s higher than a foot then don’t risk it and turn around immidiately. Don’t drive in floodwaters and do not attempt to rescue said vehicle if it is already dipping into floodwater. Avoid certain roads and such. I’m mainly just glad that where I live doesn’t get very affected since I live uphill but those kinds of warning are a real wake up call when it’s dangerous and when the warnings are directed towards you it’s just really terrifying but yes informative.
Oops I went for a bit of a long information dump.
3:11 2011年からもう11年経ったけど、やっぱりこの音聞くと未だに思い出してドキドキしちゃう😨😢
身の危険を感じるよね
そうだね
3:11にしたのは意図的なものなのだろうか
exactly!
@@Daggly_fur これは流石にたまたまだろうけど…
Wait hold up- did the guy in the Saudi Arabia part say “put on your gasmask”?! That is terrifying!
I agree, it definitely is!
@@newyorkgaming5283 they detected a scud missile, it’s from the gulf war
I'd be panicking from not having one 😮
same!! boutta open amazon rn
In 2017 or 2018 or 2019 I was in first grade I was in Saudi Arabia cuz am from saudi Arabia and the news say we will test a eas not on electricity on streets only it was normal not loud enough and not the original eas
man, the phones are freaking out and sense danger.
14:38 you are in danger and need to act immediately to survive. You should take shelter, *it is too late to leave*
Holy cow that’s scary
15:03 “the extreme heat is most likely to kill you well before the flames reach you” so uh suddenly I don’t wanna live here in Australia 😃
@@sofayyybbiz trust me it’s not that bad in aus, as long as you live in the coastlines. Although we do have cyclones every now and then
@@4MeriB09 my only threat where I live (central US) is tornados and possibly a small wildfire if there’s a drought
@@MrChilili volcanos too
Context it happened on the Australia wild fires
3:13 Japan really said “Your gonna die ,,uwu,,” and “earthquake coming stay safe cutie 🥺👉🏼👈🏼✨”
とにかく、わが国は緊急警報でとてもいい音がしますが、日本には地震がたくさんあることを覚えておく必要があります。
Eawfquake is in dis awea
, uwu stay safe uwu uwu :3 :3 :3
@@TaterIsStupid im a japanese and the japan gouverment want to people be calm so yuh
なぜ西から来る人々はいつも私たちをからかうのです、かうーん。
@@iulii14n4 ohh okay
I live in Australia, and our fires were terrifying, rip everyone who passed ❤
Yes!! I live in australia but and i live hear the blue mountains so theirs alot of bushfires and backburning in the winter :)
Those fires were the only time I’ve ever heard that warning. Landline phones ringing and playing the warning, text messages and voicemail on the mobile, and on the television. :( I’ll never forget that.
I live near the Adelaide hills, and there was tons of bushfires there in 2020. The warning still haunts me just from how often it would play
@@lu1sgamingc00l7 what’s an magnitude?
I live in New Zealand. The fires coloured the sky and it was so haunting knowing that just across the ocean our neighbour country was suffering....
8:54 While that video was recorded in California I do like to point out that Emergency Alert System test is usually aired in a American Spanish-language television network called, Univision.
I like the fact that the Saudi Arabians legit just say "put on your gas mask"
Like I have one
This alarm was back during the gulf war
I mean, if you lived in Saudi Arabia during the gulf war you probably did.
Ye the government gave everyone a gas mask
I vaguely remember as a kid, 8 almost 9 or something, and watching on TV about the tsunami and earthquake in Japan in 2011, many people were worried for them, even my mom was. I remember asking what a tsunami was and my mom told me what it meant and I asked if it could happen to us. I don’t live in a state where it can happen bc I don’t live near an ocean but I was horrified.
I swear the Japanese have to be the strongest people. Huge respect for them for dealing with that a lot. Every time I hear their alert watching these kind of things, I find it terrifying. 💀
ur old
I live in Japan and I just can't bare how people could say that Japan's emergency alert noises (?) is so calming whilst me over here having goddamn shivers because I hate the sound just hearing that there is an earthquake
@@_choffeee frrrr like that alert is saying people are gonna die basically 😭
You dirty asl
So many people live near the coasts. They’re asking for it. But everyone here is asking to get their town wiped off the map by a tornado so it’s the same here.
Japan is something that I liked, when I went there on holiday we were watching TV when we got news about an incoming typhoon and that we should be wary. Although it was terrifying as we barely have any natural disasters where I live, but I felt slightly reassured given how calm and collected they were when giving out the news.
For everyones info the Japanese alarm is to keep little children from panicking
(But im sure they are still scared because any eas alarm is scary)
“Location unknown” - it says Sacramento in the writing :) hope that helps!
i think that scaramento is spainish
@@janujulietapaco9037 It’s the capital of California bruh
It must be a small city named Sacramento in some Spanish speaking country
Yes, I live in Sacramento, Mexico and definitely not Sacramento, CA,USA
Is Sacramento Valley, California. That was an wrong EAN and TV channel is KUCO-LD Univision 27, in Chico/Redding area, California. (US Spanish-language TV network)
Germany: UNDERTALE BATTLE
Japan: am calm and ice cream truck noises
usa: SIREN NOISES
Phillipines: b e e p
Canda: ayo wake up were gonna die
Israel:i t s t h e e n d o f t h e w o r l d
New Zealands: *alarm go brrrr*
If u dont know my language BEEP
Canda
Our phone speaks when theresa eas
Thank you for including the speaking afterwards. It really helps highlight the actual announcement and not just the alert which is usually all that's played in some of these videos, I found it very interesting to hear bushfire alerts or tornado warnings and especially the japanese tsunami warning as it came in fresh
What you should’ve added was, the Mexican eas alarm called ALERTA SÍSMICA!
5:12 wow, i'm actually shocked at how he went from calm and professional to desperate and loud. my heart absolutely dropped when he switched in the middle of the earthquake information, into the tsunami information yelling at everyone to remember the great east earthquake. i can't imagine how scared i would be if i were stuck in that situation. r.i.p. to all the lives that were lost in this event.
14:59 she was straight up telling you that the fire would kill you if you didn't respond quick enough and take shelter. that is actually quite shocking to hear, considering that barely any emergency alert in the united states (where i live) would tell you that you would die.
Geez, I live in Australia and I didn’t it expect it to be that deadly.
look, i live in victoria, and i was travelling at that time. i was decending down to melbourne international, and i could see smoke in the air and it just looked bad. i got home safe from the airport and was told about the warning by my dad. not the best feeling moment
This is Australian
@@esansmegalovaniaplaysroblo3978 maybe if you would read the comment carefully you wouldn't have to be a smartass and correct me. wouldn't that make sense?
@@madousanae5870 all i said was its Australian