[EAS] FCC Seeks Comment on Multilingual EAS

[Robertm]

Every flash flood around here, potential mudslides in LA, etc. have been predicted some have been on the conservative side and turned out better than predicted. But with accurate weather forecasts and a known history of where such floods occur, it isn't rocket science.  

The big contradiction here is if the media is reporting this stuff over and over in advance and people don't get it, how is it they will magically hear the EAS alert?


> On Mar 15, 2014, at 8:34 AM, Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com> wrote:
> 
> How is flooding really predictable other than using rainfall estimation 
> by radar and reports from the public/spotters. And even then, the 
> radar's accuracy is dependent on it's distance from the event as well as 
> terrain shielding in mountainous areas.And if folks are sleeping, the 
> public's reporting will be lacking as well.  All of the above tools 
> other than spotters are irrelveant with ice jams.