[BC] Yes, EAS works!

[Mike McCarthy]

In a word, no.  The example you reference created a general point of
annoyance and inconveience to those users sitting in traffic or in BART
trains. But it was not a widespread general public ***hazard*** event
requiring a mass call to action to preserve one's life and/or property.

MM

> --- On Thu, 6/14/12, Cowboy <curt at cwf1.com> wrote:
>
> 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?
>