[EAS] NWS Impact Based Warnings

[Barry Mishkind]

At 09:18 PM 2/6/2013, Tim Stoffel wrote:
>... what can be done to reach the most people as quickly as possible when a REAL emergency exists, within the limits of reason? How do we make sure that really necessary weather alerts do not come across as 'wolf alerts'? 

        Stop running in "Automatic"  ... have staff immediately
        review incoming alerts and put on the air specific 
        information that informs the listeners/viewers.

        Some TV station do this to an extent. Few radio stations do.

        There is no requirement that says *any* eas message,
        except the RMT and EAN, *must* be transmitted as received.
        
        Go ahead, do a survey of how many stations:
        1. have staff listening to the EAS receiver and act accordingly.
        2. leave the EAS box on "automatic" 24 hours a day, and
                rarely do anything but relay.
        3. have program directors who have demanded nothing but
                the required tests and EAN be allowed on the air

???

        If I were a betting am, I'd bet you 2 and 3 outnumber 1 by a *huge* factor.

        We have met the enemy ... and he is us.   (well, many of us... )

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