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Colorado radio listeners hear mistaken tsunami warning
Eagle, Colorado-AP -- It sits about 15-hundred miles from the nearest ocean -- so people in Gypsum, Colorado, aren't too worried about tsunamis.
That's why many were a bit surprised recently to hear a tsunami warning come across their radios.
Officials say somebody at Eagle County's communications center hit the wrong button during a weekly test, and the emergency broadcast system sent out the warning.
They say they've reprogrammed the test, since an actual tsunami isn't all that likely in the middle of Colorado.
Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Colorado radio listeners hear mistaken tsunami warning
Eagle, Colorado-AP -- It sits about 15-hundred miles from the nearest ocean -- so people in Gypsum, Colorado, aren't too worried about tsunamis.
That's why many were a bit surprised recently to hear a tsunami warning come across their radios.
Officials say somebody at Eagle County's communications center hit the wrong button during a weekly test, and the emergency broadcast system sent out the warning.
They say they've reprogrammed the test, since an actual tsunami isn't all that likely in the middle of Colorado.
Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
