[EAS] Joplin

[Alan Kline]

I think the answer is "no". And I'm not sure it's a good idea to mandate 
that certain codes be passed by all stations in a state. If it were 
mandatory for stations that are unattended, that's one thing. But for 
those of us with live weather people, I don't think it's a good idea. I 
can see a scenario where our weather guy is saying, "If you're in 
downtown Podunk City, take cover now" being covered by the duck farts 
and a synthesized NWS voice giving a more vague TOR for "southwestern 
Podunk County". Far better to let us give the more specific information. 
The 30-60 seconds that the EAS box preempts our audio can mean life or 
death.

I know I'm saying "mandatory for thee, not for me", but IMHO it's a fair 
price to pay, for stations that run unattended at times.

ak

On 5/24/2011 11:14 AM, Dave Kline wrote:
> Yeah! I get that.
> But what if a state plan said... "thou shalt relay TOR's."
> In other words, can a state plan mandate alerts that are not mandated
> by the FCC?