[BC] Yes, EAS works!

[Bill Croghan]

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I agree on the first, vote no on the second.  There is a difference between an emergency and an inconvenience.  The traffic jams are an inconvenience and don't meet my criteria for an emergency and that is the only justifiable use of EAS.  YMMV.  Ambulances, police cars etc, and other emergency vehicles have their own ways of getting the Info and bypassing the jams.
Bill

>I believe that it's important to test during regular waking hours (our local Comcast tests consistently at 3:00am) so that people become familiar with >EAS and what it's supposed to do.

>Appropriate use?  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?