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February 25, 2009
Since my radio been gone
kelly clarkson., originally uploaded by tasha mclellan.
There I was, cruising along the Dan Ryan on my way home from work, when the sorta-alternative - but still safely in the mainstream - guitar tones of Kelly Clarkson's latest single began to pitter-patter through my speakers. Forty-five seconds later, as I was about to scream "My life! (My life!) Would suck! (Would suck!) Without youuuu!" the radio went dead.
Then, I was interrupted with the strangely mechanical beeps that could only mean one thing: this is a test of the emergency broadcast system.
The emergency alert system is a useful tool, I have no doubt. Yet, it has never been used in an actual emergency, including on 9/11, when the administrators decided it would be counterproductive to issue an alert because the whole thing was on TV already. So, I have no qualms about it being tested - buy why, oh why, must they do so during something? (Yes, even a Kelly Clarkson song.) It seems to me that every time I hear one of these tests, it interrupts something I am watching or listening to.
If there is a massive hurricane heading towards me, fine. Interrupt that episode of Cheaters. But a test? Can't it wait until after the part where the spurned ex-boyfriend throws a bouquet of flowers at the woman he thought would never hurt him?
Get on this, emergency alert people.
entry no. 1312
Posted at February 25, 2009 11:25 PM