[BC] BUSH ORDERS UPDATE OF EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM

[Mike McCarthy]

That's a cable system problem...not broadcasters problem.

None the less, it's EAS and the cable provider is doing the system a major 
disservice.

MM

At 09:43 PM 6/27/2006 -0400, Thomas G. Osenkowsky wrote
> >Hopefully those whose lives are saved will care.
>
>If a system saves lives, it is good. But.....A couple of weeks
>ago I was watching the news (WCBS-TV ch 2) out of NYC.
>I usually watch NYC evening news and CT news at 11 pm.
>Every 5 minutes the news was interrupted by NWS thunderstorm
>warnings for Hartford, then Tolland Counties. These are 50+
>miles away! The TV news was providing me with more
>accurate, up to date info than the NWS. Even AFTER the
>warnings expired, every 5 minutes the audio and video were
>interrupted. Of course, this happened on ALL cable channels,
>not just ch2. This kind of stuff casts a bad shadow on EAS.
>
>The cable system I have does NOT serve either Hartford or
>Tolland counties.
>
>Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE
>
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