[BC] Usefulness of EAS

[Glen Kippel]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:32 AM, <donroden at hiwaay.net> wrote:
>Quoting Keith Hammond <monsterfm at monsterfm.com>:

>> EAS :
>> single most useful means of getting emergency information out to the public.
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That would be assuming that everybody has a bedside radio that is on but unmuted all night and that they carry a radio around in their pocket 24 hours a day.  Sorry, but I think EAS has somewhat limited usefulness.  And I spent several years as co-chair of our LECC ("local" in this case covering an area approximately the size and shape of South Carolina and requiring coordination between 3 California counties and 3 Arizona counties) and I still say that.  Maybe alerts broadcast to cell phones would be more effective, since everyone seems to have at least one now.  How does EAS alert everyone at 3 a.m.?