[EAS] EAS Digest, Vol 13, Issue 29

[Art Leisey]

Responding to wrm at jmpradio.com "...do you honestly think your governor
will know what to do?"

Although your examples of large-scale meteors and super-volcanoes are
understandably outside the scope of what most EAS stakeholders would use
as examples of what to do, or not to do, preparing each individual
state's EAS readiness and response is a natural outgrowth of the
technology-drive this nation is on.

I am familiar with most state's EAS plan, and some fall very short of
the mark.  Here is North Carolina our state EAS and state readiness plan
is very robust, and the stakeholders here take it very seriously.  I
certainly would like to have a quick response with information
distributed if something happens to a nuclear reactor in NC, or in VA,
SC, or TN.  A GMC (Governor's Must Carry) would be part of a statewide
standard response to such an event and I believe Raleigh has
well-trained themselves to handle regional disaster information
dissemination.

Art Leisey
Director EAS Division
Trilithic Inc.

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Hey all...

I really think we are whizzing in the wind thinking there will ever be a
Governor's Must Carry that CAP needs to worry about....

In the event of an actual emergency, most governors I know of will be
hiding
under their desk or in a secure bunker trying to figure out how to blame
it
on the opposing party!

Seriously....unless the governor and/or his staff actively participates
in
drills and testing of the state system, they will have no clue what to
do...how to get audio (live or recorded) into the system or even what
code
applies to the "disaster" of the day.

By the time they read the instruction book on the ENDEC...the story will
no
doubt be on radio and TV and probably even PRINTED in the paper.

I know there are those who think their state is "leading the way" with
CAP...but REALLY....if Yellowstone blows or a bus size meteor hits...do
you
honestly think your governor will know what to do?

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