ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

National Emergency Alarm Repeater

Okay kiddo, you know how sometimes when there's a big storm or some other scary thing happening, there's a loud noise on the TV or radio that tells everyone to be careful and what to do? That's called an emergency alert.

Well, a national emergency alarm repeater is kind of like a big speaker that helps make sure that emergency alerts get heard by as many people as possible. You see, sometimes the emergency alert system doesn't work perfectly, and some people might not be able to hear the alert because they're too far away from the TV or radio station that's sending it out.

That's where the national emergency alarm repeater comes in. It basically takes the emergency alert that's being sent out by the TV or radio station and repeats it over and over so that it reaches further and more people can hear it. It's like when you whisper something to someone and they whisper it to somebody else, and so on until everyone knows what you said.

Of course, the national emergency alarm repeater is a lot more advanced than that, and it can repeat the alert to lots and lots of people all at once. This is really important because it helps make sure that everyone knows what to do in an emergency and can stay safe.