[EAS] Joplin

[Lowell Kiesow]

The question is >when< the Internet/cell phones went 
down.  Obviously, they would have failed during the tornado, after 
warning is too late.  Those systems would have been functioning in 
advance of the storm when the warning message has value.  Most EAS 
alerts are going to be sent in advance of a hazard, not following 
it.  If a tornado were to hit my community, I don't need EAS to tell 
me what happened after the fact because I can look and see for 
myself.  What I do need is for it to warn me in advance.  In the 
aftermath of an event, normal press channels can and should work 
better than EAS.

At 08:16 AM 5/23/2011, you wrote:
>Devastation in Joplin, MO.  Cell phone network down. Internet 
>down.  Broadcasters doing what we always do.  Is it too late to stop 
>from jumping off the CAP/IPAWS/CLOUD cliff?
>
>Wayne R Miller, Chairman
>Illinois SECC
>309-678-1297
>

         Lowell Kiesow, Chief Engineer
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