Correcting Misinformation Around International Emergency Alert Systems

Hi. It's been a year since I uploaded this video, and I've loved having curated a discussion about the correct information surrounding Emergency Alert Systems. Naturally some of my verdicts are wrong as well that I'll need to correct in the future, but doing this has given me a lot more information. Thank you all for the feedback Can't guarantee when the next video will come, but it'll come eventually...

The fake ones are all legitimately so bad. The South Korea one is literally just dial-up.

A lot of these countries don't have emergency alert systems, instead they mostly maintain sirens, wireless emergency alerts, and state-owned news networks that would alert the public.

gotta love how japan is all peaceful like "hey so there's an earthquake happening you might wanna get somewhere safe" but then they pull of the most insane EAS alert for a missle threat

It's crazy that we're not sure if the EAS systems are real or not. Governments need to release this stuff.

God, that Chinese one is terrifying. Imagine just chilling and a siren goes off with a voice counting down from 60, then an earthquake to top it off. Petrifying.

I love how Japan's EAS just sounds like flowers, and the background basically says you have a slim chance of hope

The fake South Korea alarm is what would play when you connected to the internet back in the 90s

3:15 In Italy, we DO NOT HAVE an EAS. We are testing it, and the sound is THE SAME AS USA'S.

Regarding Iran: I showed the Iran EAS sound to my mom, who lived through the war, and she confirmed that it was indeed real and the most terrifying sound in her life, as it meant that there was an inbound rocket attack/air raid.

The „real“ German one was actually just someone giving information about them wanting to test the alarm system, the time the drill started and how long it would be. So he just clarified that there is no actual threat :)

As a Canadian, I have ptsd from the eas alarm. Whatever which channel you are on, it pops up and plays at the loudest possible volume

As a mexican i can confirm that the seismic alert is scary AF, it can even trigger panic attacks on people and if that sounds at night it can make u shit yourself

The New Zealand one also makes your phone vibrate at the fastest setting, as well as flash the screen, torch, and any other lights it has. NEMA wants to make COMPLETELY sure that you're awake.

I’m glad someone actually proved the wrong ones wrong, ive seen a lot of misinformation on some of them and as an EAS enthusiast it was kind of ticking me off lol

The Brazilian alarm is specifically a dam collapse/breach alarm. Standard only for the state of Minas Gerais from what I know. Other states have other alert systems

the way the singapore one needs to finish an ad because 5 gum is more important than health and aafety

As a Canadian. This alarm is indeed real. It’s terrifying and even more hearing it around your house. You’ve got like 6 phone ringing and you have to turn them all off. And it’s scarier at night.

The amount of people from all over the world who have come to correct the info in the video is heartwarming except it doesnt make me shit my pants any less

For the Philippines, there is no centralised system that I know of that uses an alarm tone of some kind. The closest thing I can think of is the flood sirens where I live. They usually sound when the water level reaches a specific point and it signals people to just gtfo and start praying the water doesn’t reach them. Another equivalent could be the text messages by the local government agency covering emergency and disaster relief. They send out alerts (not always with an alert tone) to your phone that notifies you of any calamity happening around you. For earthquakes, there is NO early warning system in place. The agency will only send the messages after the fact, notifying you of possible aftershocks incoming. Aside from that, the schools also follow this and ring the school bells or announce it via the intercom. News stations receive a notification from the agency and announce it to the public.