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Bexar County (/ b ɛər / BAIR or / ˈ b eɪ ər / ⓘ BAY-ər; Spanish: Béxar) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio. [3]As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324, making it the state's fourth-most populous county.
The Bexar Archives contain a collection of Spanish language documents which are named for their city of origin, San Antonio de Bexar. These documents accumulated in San Antonio, which was established as a government center in Texas during Spanish and Mexican rule. The Bexar County Commissioners' Court voted on September 30, 1899 to transfer ...
The National Public Warning System, also known as the Primary Entry Point (PEP) stations, is a network of 77 radio stations that are, in coordination with FEMA, used to originate emergency alert and warning information to the public before, during, and after incidents and disasters.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Bexar County officials Wednesday morning over their plan to mail voter registration forms to unregistered residents en masse, asking a state District Court ...
Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) is a protocol used for framing and classification of broadcasting emergency warning messages. It was developed by the United States National Weather Service for use on its NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) network, and was later adopted by the Federal Communications Commission for the Emergency Alert System, then subsequently by Environment Canada for use on its ...
The term "false alarm" is actually a misnomer, and is regularly replaced by the term "nuisance alarm". When a sensor operates, it is hardly false [opinion], and it is usually a true indication of the present state of the sensor. A more appropriate term is nuisance, indicating that the alarm activation is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious.
Likely true; the name of the city that the county takes its name from is Béjar, so bay-har in spanish. Academic, as the name of the county has long ago corrupted into the pronunciation of "bear", as have many places in southern texas. Kuru talk 02:52, 19 December 2009 (UTC) I've added the "bear" pronunciation and a reference.
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