[EAS] a note of interest

[Clay Freinwald]

I have run across a number of installations where there are unknowns that
will come back and bite - (just a matter of time) 

1- Run time of the generator under full load without re-fueling.
2- Complete lack of a plan for refueling.
3 - Assumption that 'The Engineer' will handle everything
4- Assumption that 'The Engineer' will always be available.
5- No idea of where to get fuel or what to carry it in.
6 -Inability to grasp the concept that when the power is out, your
neighborhood service station is not likely to be able to supply fuel.
7 -No plan B for fuel.

(This is my short list)

The other huge gotcha is when you find Caution Tape surrounding your studio
building and a Cop telling you that he does not care what you are
god-off..You are not going in.   But that's another story.

Most emergency plans are written with the notion that Engineering will come
to the rescue - no matter what.    Reminds me to the old joke - When
interviewing for new employees at a broadcast station the HR person informs
the applicant that no thinking is required...adding this is what they have
engineers for.   :-)

Clay Freinwald