1. a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events; [syn: Emergency Alert System, EAS]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
EAS
n 1: a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables
the President to take over the United States airwaves to
warn the whole country of major catastrophic events [syn:
Emergency Alert System, EAS]