[EAS] CMAS

[Robert Bunge - NOAA Federal]

CMAS is a broadcast technology, so phones from a carrier should receive them at nearly the same time.

I haven't received any suggestions as to alternative wording for "check local media" for weather cmas messages :-).

Suggestions off list to Robert.bunge at noaa.gov

Cheers,
 
Bob Bunge
NWS

On Monday, January 14, 2013, Dale Lamm wrote:
>[snip]

>By the way that was not sarcasm.our news department was trying to get
>the most updated information as everyone's phone in the newsroom went
>off and it said go to your local media for information.

>The web site must have been flooded because the newsroom could not get
>it to open.

>[end]

>Do any readers here have information about actual CMAS dissemination
>duration? When a county-wide alert goes out, do all cell subscribers get
>notified simultaneously, or does it take several minutes to send
>thousands of text alerts?

>In planning a broadcaster's response to widespread CMAS messages, we
>need to know these things.

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