Hello and welcome back to the Most Amazing channel on the internet…I am your host,
Rebecca Felgate and today we are talking the Top 10 Scariest Emergency Broadcasts.
Before we get into this list I want to quickly remind you about our new Hindi channel – if
you are watching in India we have translated the channel just for you, so head on over
and enjoy!
Also, before we play these worrying Emergency Broadcasts, I want to ask you guys what you
would do in an emergency?
Do you have a nuclear fallout plan or a Zombie apocalypse plan?
Let me know!
10 - Missile Threat, Hawaii.
In January 2018, amid what was then the height of tensions between North Korean Leader Kim
Jong Un and United States President, Donald Trump, Citizens of Hawaii had a very very
intense few moments.
Kim Jong Un’s missiles could in theory reach Hawaii, so the threat seems pretty real out
there in the Pacific Ocean.
On January 13th 2018, Hawaiians received a text alert that read in capitals: BALLISTIC
MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII.
SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.
THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
The message also went out on TV and Radio and caused wide spread panic, with thousands
of people rushing to find shelter.
While the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency quickly tweeted out that there was no threat,
people were still utterly freaked out – desperately trying to contact their loved ones.
It turns out that the error came as a government employee pushed the wrong button.
9 - Civil Danger Warning Civil Danger Warnings are warnings issued
by United States Officials and are relayed by the National Weather service in extreme
hazardous situations.
In August 2017, it seems that Guam was on the receiving end of one of these alerts – which
triggered panic in the US Territory.
This is what a Civil Danger Warning looks like - Scary….riight……
its all about the sounds.
Luckily for Guam, it was a false alarm, just a network test, but with Kim Jong Un reportedly
having drawn up plans to fire four missiles at the island on that very day, you can understand
why locals were freaked out.
One woman wrote to the Guam Homeland Security office facebook page to say Why would you
TEST a civil danger warning on the day we're expecting to get bombed AND NOT INDICATE THAT
IT'S A TEST.
A fair point.
8 - EBS Illinois This clip comes from the Museum of Classic
Chicago Television and was uploaded to their youtube channel.
It is unclear if the clip was ever aired or if it was a pre-prepared message in case of
emergency, either way, it sounds official and terrifying.
Have a listen – Honestly, at the request of the whitehouse would seriously freak me
out.
It seems this footage was from 1985 – again I don’t know if it was ever used.
7 - J – Alert Obviously Emergency Alert Systems are designed
to help protect people and warn them of dangerous situations.
In 2011, Japanese Media used their Emergency systems, called J-Alert, to warn people that
a Tsnunami was coming, telling them to evacuate immediately.
Unfortunately, though these warnings were only in Japanese.
On world media, the warnings were translated – you can hear some here.
Editors clip 1.
The 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Fukushima caused a devastating Tsunami, but luckily
alert systems had been improved since the last catastrophic tsunami disaster in 2004.
Here are some examples of other J Alerts…
Editors clip 2.
Woahh.. that is quite the sound.
And here is another…
6 - FEMA Test The most recent Federal Emergency Management
Agency test took place a few days before the recording of this video – from now on the
FEMA will test nationally each year.
An earlier test was broadcast on some TV networks in in 2016, which freaked people out.
While, unlike some of the broadcasts on this list, the emergency alert did make it clear
that it was a test, some people were still very disconcerted.
If you are wondering what an emergency alert would look like – check out this footage.
5 - End of the World in California Cable Customers received an emergency message
on their television screens shortly after 11am in the morning in the Autumn of 2017.
The alert warned that the end of the world was coming that Saturday, September 23rd and
prompted quite a bit of panic.
Have a listen to a bit of the broadcast - Editors clip.
The video continues to say that Area 51 has been infiltrated and that the government seems
to know about it.
The warning was interspersed with emergency sounding beeps.
A number of residents were prompted to call the police.
4 - LA Riots I didn’t know anything about the LA Riots
until I was researching for this video!
I was a baby at the time and growing up in the UK, so I guess that is why.
Anyway, they seem pretty serious.
The LA Riots, or Rodney King Riots as they were also called took place between April
and May in 1992 and resulted in 63 deaths and over 2,300 injuries.
Rodney King was a victim of police brutality and the incident was caught on camera.
This sparked the riots, which then saw bouts of looting and destruction.
People who lived in LA were terrified – this was just one of several emergency broadcasts.
The
emergency broadcast was to call upon off duty officials to join the ruckus.
The entire city was thrown into a state of emergency.
3 - Zombies in Michigan In 2013 an emergency broadcast went out on
two television stations in Marquette, Michigan.
The stations were infiltrated by hackers who put out an alert on PBS and ABC affiliates
to say “Civil authorities in your area have reported that the bodies of the dead are rising
from their graves and attacking the living.
Follow the messages on screen that will be updated as information become available.
Do not attempt to approach or apprehend these bodies as they are considered extremely dangerous.”
Urrrrrm.
Not what you want to hear from your trusted local news stations.
Some people were genuinely concerned, others saw the funny side whilst some people definitely
The local station manager and news director, Cynthia Thompson issued a statement on behalf
of ABC 10 saying that the channel was working on rectifying
the hack.
The Breaking News Broadcasts of 9/11 are some of the most famous and scariest in the history
of television.
The terror attack that took place on September 11th 2001 largely played out in a live television
broadcast across the world, and it was all that was on anyone ‘s television.
I remember the day so clearly – it was literally on every single of the five channels we had
in our house at the time.
After the first plane hit North Tower of the World Trade Centre, all cameras were focused
on the buildings, capturing the moment the second plane hit.
From that point on, the United States and wider world knew that the attacks were intentional
and had to comprehend the winder implications of that.
A lot of people across the world were very scared.
1 - This Is War This is not a joke, this is war – these
were the words spoken on an emergency radio broadcast from KTU in Hawaii.
The reported said one of the bombs dropped within 50 feet of KTU Tower – This is no
Joke.
It is a real war.
Have a listen – editors clip.
As the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour on the 7th December 1941, The United States deployed
some of their first ever emergency broadcasts across the world.
One broadcast had this to day - Editors play clip.
This is how the majority of American’s found out that their country was at war.
This emergency broadcast paved the way CONELRAD - The first method of mass emergency broadcast
in the United States.
Ack, what a truly scary list….which of these did you find the most worrying?
Let me know in the comments section down below.
Also don’t forget to let me know your emergency plans!
Comments from a recent video – I hosted the scariest NASA Pictures that should have
stay secret – This is what you had to say…
Cody Judd said: Rebecca I love your videos!
But I think you meant dementors not death eaters lol
You are right – I did …. Sometimes I script so many videos in a day I lose my mind.
RebelX800 said: My favourite planet is Pluto, it deserves more love - You are right, it
does!
John Aseron wrote: The Scariest NASA photos are those that were never released.
I love this comment from Jennifer Cushman : As someone who has quite the passion for
astronomy.
I don't think space is scary at all.
Unless you read the Japanese manga Hellstar Remina.
Now that is definitely quite scary.
Well I think it is.
And yet I want to read that again.
As well as Uzumaki.
Any way as for favorite planets my is Venus and Jupiter.
Especially Jupiter since I just love seeing all the bands on Jupiter going in 2 different
directions at once.
And Venus mainly because of the upside down twin tornadoes on the planet.
And as for number 3 that is nothing more than a rock formation.
But I do definitely believe in the alien theory.
Since I am a huge paranormal believer.
As well as a huge Doctor Who, Ancient Aliens, and X-Files fan.