[EAS] Single point entry of CAP messages

[Bill Ruck]

At 08:06 PM 5/19/2011, you wrote:
>The purpose of this list is to provide an open forum for all EAS 
>questions and discussions. We have certainly seen this play out in 
>current threads.
>
>Tom brings up an interesting solution to wireless CAP distribution.
>
>I would like to propose another solution.
>
>The responsibility for issuing warnings rests with government, not 
>broadcasters. Broadcasting, however, has been, is and will be (for 
>the foreseeable future)  the best broadband channel that government 
>has to reach the public in real time. This holds true for warnings, 
>and the ongoing delivery of post-warning information.

As always Richard brings up a good point.  I've been reading the mail 
and avoided much of the discussion BUT my point is still that the 
most wonderful message system is not very helpful if "government" 
never uses it.

My experience so far with Northern California local governments is 
that they are seriously clue-impaired about EAS and CAP.

I may have said this before but I gave a general overview of CAP for 
the Northern California APCO chapter a few months ago.  The questions 
I got were all along the same line.  "Who is going to do this?"  "Are 
our dispatchers going to have to learn something new?"  "Where is the funding?"

Bill Ruck
Curmudgeon
San Francisco