[EAS] EAS monitoring sources

Robertm bcstlists at icloud.com
Mon Aug 29 00:57:49 CDT 2016


The third is the Northeast power blackout. That was when we learned that cellphones were useless and radio and TV at the time were also useless after your batteries ran down. After that, I got a crankup radio and solar power chargers along with a kerosine lamp, lots of fuel along with matches and batteries of various sizes. All that said, that event happened in an instant and no EAS protocol would have accomplished anything. After the fact, most did not have the means of receiving any alerts.  


> On Aug 28, 2016, at 9:59 PM, Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com> wrote:
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> As for two of the three major disasters Robert references (9/11 and Sandy)
> neither were short fuse. The whole premise of the EAS is to alert a
> suitable call to action message to the unknowing in time for proper



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