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blantyr 05-18-2011 05:56 AM
Hungary tests warning plan with Lord of the Rings
 
A little oddity from the Boston Globe...

Quote:
BUDAPEST, Hungary—Hungary's disaster management agency is testing the country's emergency broadcast system with warnings of severe storms in Middle-earth, the fictional setting of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

Messages broadcast Wednesday mostly on state radio and television are warning Hungarians about floods and catastrophic weather in Gondor, Rohan, Rivendell, Helm's Deep and other locations inhabited by Hobbits, Orcs, Elves, Ents and Dwarves.

Officials say they chose Tolkien's fantasy world because they don't want to alarm people by mentioning real locations in the test and want to gauge how effectively the emergency messages reach Hungary's youth.

Kuruharan 05-18-2011 06:53 AM
Is it a good thing or a bad thing that my initial reaction to this was to laugh?

I hope they started the broadcasts with FEAR! FIRE! FOES! AWAKE! AWAKE!

Thinlómien 05-18-2011 07:01 AM
Awesome. :D

Galadriel55 05-18-2011 05:35 PM
Why Tolkien?

Does that mean that many people have not read his books? Because if people have, then they'd find some pattern in the alarms, and figure out that something is not right.

On the other hand, there's Tolkien on the news! :D

Legate of Amon Lanc 05-20-2011 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55 (Post 655038)
Why Tolkien?

Does that mean that many people have not read his books? Because if people have, then they'd find some pattern in the alarms, and figure out that something is not right.
I think the exact opposite, the point is that people will notice it and that way they could check whether the system works in delivering the message to people or not.

Kuruharan 05-20-2011 07:27 AM
It would be interesting to find out the results of the test.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh 05-28-2011 07:06 AM
The result is that alpine holidays in the White Mountains are set to decline.

Kuruharan 05-30-2011 07:40 PM
Well...confound it all, there go my vacation plans!

TheGreatElvenWarrior 05-30-2011 08:55 PM
Why this is wonderful. Why can't they do this test everywhere?

Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake! Indeed. :D

narfforc 05-31-2011 04:50 AM
I think I might go to Hungary for my holidays....


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