January 29, 2007
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THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM. IF THIS WERE A REAL EMERGENCY YOU WOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO PLACE YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR KNEES AND KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE.
I’m currently sitting in the Atlanta airport. A few moments ago the alarm system went off and a pre-recorded message voiced by a guy that sounded suspiciously like Elaine’s boss on Seinfeld stated that “an emergency has been reported in the building. While this emergency is being verified, please stand by.” He reported this about 25 times in a row without so much as a change of inflection. I suppose a change in inflection is a little much to ask of a pre-recorded message, but I think it would make it much more effective. If he started with a calm and confident voice and then began sounding more and more panicked each time he repeated it until he was screaming “for God’s sake, run for your lives!” it would carry a little more weight. At the moment everyone around me only seems pissed that they can’t hear their gate announcements over the alarm.
I don’t know what is going on, but if you hear a story about the former Atlanta airport on the nightly news, I want everyone out there in Xanga-land to know it’s been fun.
EDIT: I sat there for two more hours after the announcement and they never said another word! I haven’t endured that kind of tease since going out with my date for the Jr. Prom. Anyway, the Atlanta airport is apparently still there and I’m safe and sound back in Tulsa.
Comments (24)
I hate the Atlanta airport but I hope it’s still standing….and you too.
I’ll look for you on the news tonight. If I don’t see anything, no news is good news, as they say.
Hope you got out of the Atlanta Airport alive and well. There is no serenity in the Atlanta Airport and it is almost as bad as SeaTac in Seattle.
If it wasn’t bad enough that they named every blasted street PEACHTREE……..sheesh!
We’ve heard about that test of the broadcast system since childhood. When 9/11 occurred, did you hear the sound on your tv? Did anyone in NY hear it? What about DC? Nope. They were too busy running news feeds to waste everyone’s time listening to a shrill beep.
Well, there’s nothing breaking over the airwaves yet…so hopefully it isn’t anything too serious!
I don’t know if I would be nervous or just plain irritated listening to that.
Safe travels…
If it was a real emergency, you wouldn’t need a recording over the PA to tell you. Just following the screaming herd.
Evacuate Immediately!!!
so tell us what it was!
You should have never left Birmingham (shakes head sadly…).
Are they still letting you on airplanes?
Teehee!
You crack me up!
Isn’t it amazing how cranky airport people are?
I had popcorn ready and everything. And was there a disaster ? Noooooo. Mondays. Bleh.
I’m glad your safe, but it would have been exciting if you caught a plane bomber and became famous. Or maybe you would have taken someone down who had a liquid in their bag, how cool would that have been?
What did you do in airports before there was Xanga?
Im glag your all cozy and stuff but next time tell us a big fat lie where your heroic efforts saved thousands and you got out alive with only a scratch on your elbow..I could use a little thrill in my life that isnt directly related to me.
*cackle*
you crack me up.
(glad you’re still w/us.)
Airports really need to learn to lighten up. The last one I got kicked out of was no fun at all.
Kidding.
That’s what we in the airport biz (or not) call a code pink.
It allows all us female employees time to re-apply lipstick in an empty bathroom.
(Traveler’s are all to concerned to leave their setas and godforbid miss the next announcement!)
Or maybe it’s a code brown… still making use of the deserted bathroom…?
Whoa, that would have been scary hearing that repeated so many times. It’s nice that you had your laptop with you and had the presence to bid adieu to all of us in Xangaland, lol. Sure glad it was a false alarm of some weird sort. My son flew back to Atlanta on the 16th. To get back to his school, he has to take a plane, train, and a bus.
Glad you got home safely. Jr. prom couldn’t have been THAT bad. Could it?
Kathi
Yes, junior prom could be that bad. At least it was at Bishop Fenwick High School in Middletown, Ohio in 1967.
SHEESH! I’m glad you are OK and back home, I always look forward to your posts!
Glad you got home safely. How’s your weekend going???
Glad to hear your still alive. RYC: I am sorry about your affliction. Taping it sounds like a good idea, I don’t want to go to work and admit I didn’t see it, this way I can pretend i watched the game, as I will know who won and the comercials.
LOL! Glad you’re home safe. Man, that is frustrating. Nothing like them getting everyone worked up and then just letting it slide…. –Glenna