I am just going through my emails after a short vacation and came upon an email from the wife of a Portage Firefighter who was kind enough to bring a rather important matter to my attention. It seems that a Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) , is set for Wednesday, November 9th . The test is being administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Communications Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and this is to be the first nationwide test of the EAS.
According to the FEMA site here are some things you might want to know
- The Test will begin on Wednesday at 2:00pm eastern time, that is 1:00pm for those of us here in Indiana
- It will be transmitted via television and radio within the United States and for those of you planning a trip to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and/or American Samoa, well you will hear it as well
- The test will be similar to local emergency alert test systems that you have heard in the past. It will interrupt your television and radio broadcasts and will start with “This is a test”. Once the test concludes, regular programming will resume
I missed this one and so again, thanks to our Fire Department side of the house for passing along some helpful information that we can all benefit from.
Tuesday is Vote Day
Do not forget, tomorrow is your day to have your say. I sent an email to an associate today with a blurb from a book I had just read that happened to touch on voting. I cut it from my email and pasted it below, pretty interesting and impressive when you consider how important a single vote can be.
How to Impact and Influence Others by John C. Maxwell
He writes- In 1842, Henry Shoemaker worked as a hired hand on a farm in Indiana. Election day came and he remembered that he had promised his vote to Madison Marsh, running for state representative. Though he had many other important things to do, he kept his promise. He rode his horse to the polling place and cast his ballot. Later it became known that Madison Marsh was elected by one vote.
During those years, state legislators selected U.S. senators. In January 1843, Indiana lawmakers convened for just such an election. During the 6th ballot, Marsh changed his vote, electing Edward Hannegan to the U.S. Senate by one vote.
Three years later, the United States Senate was considering a declaration of war on Mexico. There was a stalemate, and progress was not within sight until the legislature called the absent Senator Hannegan. He cast his vote in favor of war, and the scales tipped.
As a result of one hired hand in Indiana, two men were elected to office and America went to war with Mexico. One man named Henry Shoemaker unknowingly exerted power to determine destiny and war.
As always, if it does not seem right, it probably isn’t right. Call the police and let us figure it out, that’s what we get paid to do!
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