The EAS is a national alert and
warning system established to enable the President of the United States
to address the American public during emergencies.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2058344/Emergency-Alert-System-test-Wednesday-FEMA-FCC-tell-Americans-dont-panic.html#ixzz1dADTIDTS

So now you can be walking down the street and suddenly you will hear the POTUS talking through street lights, civil defense sirens, every car on the streets radio.

Well, I don't know abouchu, but what a relief it will be to hear Obama reading from a teleprompter during the next blizzard or tornado, of Thermo Nuclear Attack.

I feel so much safer now. Dontchu?