<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.5pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2C2C2C;
mso-ansi-language:EN">A nationwide live test of the emergency alert system is
planned for 11 a.m. Nov. 9.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.5pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2C2C2C;
mso-ansi-language:EN">The three-minute test will go out on radios and TVs,
briefly interrupting normal programming.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.5pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2C2C2C;
mso-ansi-language:EN">The test is different than others in that it will present
itself as an actual emergency announcement, not a test. Doing so allows the
Federal Communications Commission and Federal Emergency Management Agency to
test reliability of different parts of the emergency notification system chain.
</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.5pt;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2C2C2C;
mso-ansi-language:EN">Officials stress that though it will appear there is a
real emergency, it is only a test. <br>
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">They ask people to get the
word out in order to prevent unnecessary calls to 911.</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2C2C2C;mso-ansi-language:EN">For
more information, go to <a href="http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#004276;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm</span></a></span></p>