[EAS] Earthquake

[JGabb at aol.com]

Bill: I was the one who changed the LP-1 assignments and it was because of the unauthorized EAS alert. The Mayor did not request activation. Also we have seminars and training sessions on how to use the local plans.
 
Jim Gabbert
 
In a message dated 8/25/2011 10:09:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ruck at lns.com writes:
>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
>>

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