[BC] Yes, EAS works!

[Robert Meuser]

That would be an abuse of EAS IMHO. BART has it's own messaging system 
for those in stations. They also have a plethora of free mobile 
applications that cover everything from smart phones to basic text 
messaging to plain ol phones. There are other Internet resources like 
traffic.com plus a number of first rate television and radio stations 
that would cover such an event as a major part of their news coverage. 
Then there are all those traffic cams.

Anybody who didn't know did not end up in a life threatening situation 
and the fact they were not informed is entirely of their own making.

On 6/14/12 6:57 PM, David Kaye wrote:
> I'm wondering if EAS would have been appropriate for today when a 
> major fire blocked the BART subway tunnel from Oakland, leaving about 
> 75,000 transbay commuters without service this morning. The lack of 
> BART service also meant that the Bay Bridge was packed beyond capacity 
> with waits up to 2 hours at the toll booths. Would that have been an 
> appropriate use of EAS?