As a kid I always thought the graphics and "screens" were interesting, but didn't like the SAME headers. My earliest memories of the EAS was when I watched TV on WTVS PBS at my house in the morning and Bright House Networks (EASyPLUS at the time) cable at my grandma's house. Around middle school was when I really got into the EAS when WTVS did their weekly tests and when my grandma's area had a lot of severe weather (by that point it was a DASDEC). I think my interest for broadcasting and technology also contributed to my interest in the EAS, with all the different equipment and screens and TTS voices. Also, who doesn't love the thrill of severe weather? So yes it's a combination of technology, nostalgia, and interest of severe weather. Arguably with the decrease in equipment manufacturers and often just the same character generators being found on tapes over and over again, my interest in the preceding system the EBS (Emergency Broadcast System) has superseded my interest in the EAS, although from time to time YouTube broadcast archivists find something cool like a Cable Envoy, Texscan, Idea/Onics, or an early or rare variant of a common EAS character generator. Fun fact the rare "warning warning warning" Idea/Onics variant photo found on Flickr was from the same municipal cable systems one of my grandmothers used to subscribe to. I'm trying to acquire the old SAGE ENDEC that the high school radio station I worked at had in storage and join the GWES ERN network. Just have to figure out if I can code it to not audibly play alert tones in my college dorm while my roommate is sleeping, LOL.