[EAS] Earthquake

[Bill Ruck]

I was there.

In the 1989 San Francisco earthquake the Mayor of San Francisco 
requested activation of EAS.  The local plan was and still is not 
well publicized or understood by local governments.

Secondly, the reason why "KNBR lost its LP-1 status" was that the 
Vice President and General Manager Tony Salvadore did not want KNBR to be LP-1.

Bill Ruck

At 11:36 PM 8/24/2011, you wrote:

>Bill: The problem at the time with KNBR was that the EAS was 
>activated not following the protocol set up in the local plan. EAS 
>is to alert the public and in the case of an earthquake and also 
>during the 911 attack the event happened and there was no reason to 
>activate EAS. As I recall KNBR activated EAS to ask firemen to 
>report to duty. This was not an alert that involved the public. It 
>was for this reason KNBR lost its LP-1 status. The activation seemed 
>to be a knee jerk reaction that contributed to the public panic and fear.
>
>Jim Gabbert
>California SECC Chair
>