Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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Friday, April 26
If you hear sirens at 1pm today, don't worry -- it's part of the first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System.