[BC] Yes, EAS works!

[Alan Alsobrook]

Rob Landry wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, Kevin Raper wrote:
>> EAS is still an out of date Cold War Relic that should be thrown on the 
>> Trash Heap of History.
> So say we all.

Two cases that I have direct confirmation of demonstrate that EAS does 
work, provided it's programed and operated correctly.

The first was a tornado, where a family in a mobile home escaped from it 
just prior to it being destroyed by a tornado. They said they heard the 
EAS tornado warning come out indicating one was in their immediate area. 
About one minute after the alert ended they heard a strange sound 
growing louder. Due to the alert they took immediate action and able to 
get to safety only seconds before their home was destroyed.

The second was an Amber alert, with a child abducted by a pedophile, 
this one happened in the middle of a tropical storm no less. The Amber 
alert was one of 5 alerts that came out in the same hour. After hearing 
the alert a listener spotted the suspect vehicle and contacted police. A 
safe recovery and arrest were made. The feeling of law enforcement was 
the child would have most likely been killed and disposed of within a 
week had they not intervened.

Unfortunately in some locations EAS is very likely a failure, as those 
that are entrusted to program and operate it, feel that it is a "Cold 
War Relic" and could care less about it and likely program it to handle 
only minimum legal requirements if that much.

Call me old school, but I want to give the listeners of the stations I 
work with the best opportunity to survive and listen again tomorrow.

-- 
Alan Alsobrook CSRE AMD CBNT
St. Augustine Fl. 32086 904-829-8885
aalso at Bellsouth.net