[EAS] EAS monitoring sources

[Sean Donelan]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, Clay Freinwald wrote:
> Hey Sean -
>
> Amazing what you can do with money !    As with a lot of things - Line up
> the money to pay for it -THEN - make your presentation.
>
> Perhaps you could interest one of the presidential candidates to get on
> board  with this ?

I haven't proposed any state use satellites for distributing local 
emergency alerts, recognizing it costs a lot of money.  Some states have 
decided using satellites for local alert distribution was worth the cost.
That doesn't necessarily mean other states believe its worth the cost.

I don't assume all states should use EMNET, or that they could afford it. 
Nor do I assume that all states should do the same thing as Washington 
State. Other states have come up with things that work better for them.

I did suggest FEMA add the existing NASA TV satellite channel as a PEP 
distribution channel because NASA already pays for the transponder and 
uplink costs, and its unencrypted signal is available through several
satellite receivers and many cable head-ends. That doesn't mean NASA TV is 
free, just that someone else is already paying the cost. If NASA wasn't 
already paying for the transponder and uplink, the cost would probably be 
prohibitive.

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, although some of the 
presidential candidates are promising a lot of free lunches.