Template:Did you know nominations/Emergency Alert System misactivation of 2005


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:59, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Emergency Alert System misactivation of 2005

 * ... that, during Emergency Alert System misactivation of 2005, everyone in Connecticut was ordered to flee the state, but the most common reaction was to change the channel?
 * Reviewed: pending Template:Did you know nominations/Butch Allison

Created by DarjeelingTea (talk). Self-nominated at 09:43, 15 February 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, well sourced both from contemporary news reporting and later scholarly analysis, and the sources check out and support the content. QPQ, originally listed as pending, has now been done. Interesting hook, otherwise within DYK rules. The only copying found by Earwig consisted of properly attributed direct quotes. Good to go. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:50, 19 February 2017 (UTC)