Eastern Texas (1983: Doomsday)

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The eastern half of Texas got hit hard on Doomsday, particularly around the Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston areas. No known expeditions have been taken into the area since then, but it is assumed that all other military and economic targets on that side of the state were also bombed.

On October 4, 2009, a rancher outside Sweetwater was surprised to pick up a faint signal on 1400 AM in his home at 10:21 a.m., playing the song Deep in the Heart of Texas repeatedly. He contacted the Sweetwater sheriff, who was also able to get the signal on his office radio. He and Texas Ranger agents heard the song play repeatedly, then stop: the signal then faded to where it was barely audible and went out.

On October 5, 1400 AM again went on the air, playing the song, and this time it could be heard (albeit weakly) as far away as Odessa. The song played a dozen times, and then an announcer's voice was heard, stating "This is KVRT 1400 AM, Nacogdoches, the voice of the Republic of Texas." The song then played a dozen more times before going off the air.

Since then, that sequence has repeated itself daily, beginning at 10 a.m.

Senator Harry Reeder, the Democratic presidential candidate, put forth a proposal to the Senate on October 19 asking for Republic explorers to be sent into Nacogdoches "immediately" to explore the region and find the source of the transmission, and see if there is anyone alive in the area. President Mike Conaway is said to be weighing pulling an expedition from San Antonio to head into the Nacogdoches region.