[EAS] Napa Earthquake

[Mike McCarthy]

Except for systems running on completely seperate systems (think cable
TV), everything runs through the CO. I would even argue the cable folks
would be severely impacted from a telco standpoint. Even more so if the CO
has some LD responsibilities as well.

This may prove to be a watershed event shining light on just how deeply 
mission critical folks have drunk the telco kool-aid. Including
broadcasters who have abandoned their use of wireless STL's. And how badly
telco's have sidestepped deep infrastructure reliability issues.

If it can happen in "sleepy" Napa with one CO, what about places with 20,
30, or more CO's in a similar or worse scenario. LA, SF, SD, Seattle, St.
Louis and Memphis are all in similar hazard zones. The city and county
having their own wireless comm's shines. But that too has risks and
perils....

Seperately.....

I saw a piece on the CAL warning system and it's peers around the world. 
The real key as you say is detection and latency. But if the system
provides 10 seconds advance warning to highly automated systems:

Emergency personnel mass notification dissemination occurs before comms
are impacted;

Reverse 911 and EWS notification occurs before comms are impacted;

Trains can be braking or already stopped;

Elevators can safely halt, open their doors at the nearest floor, and freeze;

Hospital/EMS/EMA/mission critical emergency and aux. generators can be
started and switched;

Building automation and induststrial control systems can unlock stairway
doors and enact emergency shut down and securing procedures.

Equipped gas valves can be shut off by remote signalling before comms are
impacted;

Nuclear plants and refineries can start implimenting emergency procedures;

...among a host of other life safety, health and welfare, and property
protection functions.

Now...how would this fit into EAS...?  It would not.....  Relay needs to
happen a couple of orders of magnitude faster than Part 11 EAS.

And...I nearly cried when I saw the leaking seperation tank pouring Merlot
on the floor.

MM

On Thu, August 28, 2014 10:33 pm, Bill Ruck wrote:
> There are lessons emerging from last Sunday's shaker.
>
> 2.  Don't count on your local regulated telephone monopoly.  See
>
> The city and county radio mostly runs on their own microwave which
stayed > up.