[EAS] FCC Says CMAS is now WEA

[Lowell Kiesow]

WEA, aka CMAS has such a severe limit on the number of characters per message that it is almost useless.  We've already experienced mass confusion here from a blizzard warning without adequate detail.  If the message has simply said, "in the mountains," it would have been fine.  Although, I can understand the need to limit the bandwidth load on the network.

 
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Alex Hartman <goober at goobe.net> wrote:
>So, the messages still say "check media" right? Who cares what it's
>called then, they're still pawning all the information from the cell
>providers to TV/Radio, not actually doing anything at all.

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>Alex Hartman

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Lowell Kiesow, Senior Engineer
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