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paramedicmike

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OK, just doublechecked. CONELRAD was the 1954 version of the Emergency Alerting System. Unlike the EAS of today, they didn't do alerts for civiil disturbances, tornados, tsunamis, or hurricanes, just impending enemy bomber or ICBM attacks (presmed to be either atomic or thermonuclear in nature).

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