[EAS] CMAS

[Robert Bunge - NOAA Federal]

The CMAS technology doesn't allow us to embed a link.  This is an interesting learning experience.  Last night a friend on Facebook who lives in south central PA got a CMAS/WEA Amber alert.  I recommended he check local radio and TV and perhaps a county EM website.  But another friend of his found the complete alert on the Google Alert site within a couple of minutes.  I hadn't even thought of that even through I've worked with the Google team in the past.  The alert was for the Phila. PA area.  Another friend of his pointed to an article in a suburban Phila newspaper website.  For all of it's issues, the CMAS message triggered this person into action and he found his information with the help of friends.

Cheers,

Bob Bunge
NWS

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com> wrote:
>Hi Bob,

>For weather related alerts, how about an embedded hot link in the CMAS
>message pointing towards the local WFO for that county? Every forecast
>office has short and long fuse watches and warnings on their home page.
>It is my opinion that checking local media will be hit and miss at best.
>Especially over night and weekends. The WFO page isn't hit and miss.
>It's generally kept up to date.

>With that said, a loss of internet access would blunt that message. But
>at least the public will learn that web page is there for them to use
>regardless of location and means of access.

>MM

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