[EAS] FCC Seeks Comment on Multilingual EAS

[RobertM]

Of all this emergency alert stuff, TOR and maybe Tsunami is probably the most important in areas where they are critical. But that is only if there is an efficient delivery system of accurate and understandable information. Unfortunately, the alert  portion of NWS is not always much better than many underfunded small local stations. They do assist media in delivering weather conditions. There are many self announcing events but floods and flash floods are almost always predictable. Broadcast handles that very well without EAS overhead. 

In my experience, stations lacking news gathering capability usually just go to TV audio so everybody gets the word, if they have the radio on. 


> On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Bill Ruck <ruck at lns.com> wrote:
> 
> I have divided opinions.  I've not been through a tornado or flood 
> but did survive (?) the 1989 earthquake.  And watched the Oakland 
> Fire up close in 1991.  One needs to remember that earthquakes are 
> self-announcing.