[EAS] EAS monitoring sources

[Sean Donelan]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2016, Sean Donelan wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Aug 2016, Mike McCarthy wrote:
>> I don't know about that time line Sean.  I've been involved at the WFO
>> level since the late 80's and the local forecasters have always had the
>> authority to issue short fuse products in my experience.
>
> Yep. The important point isn't technology.
>
> It doesn't need to take hours (or even tens of minutes) for EMA public
> information officials to craft a press release.  The NWS has been issuing
> short-fuse alerts and warnings extremely quickly for decades, using
> whatever technology existed at the time.

I should point out, it didn't always work that way.

In 1895, the Weather Bureau (the precursor to the National Weather 
Service) prohibited the use of certain words and storm warnings due to the 
"fear of panicking local populations."

During the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, the Isaac Cline in local weather 
bureau office in Galveston ignored the official ban on storm warnings and 
started warning the public.  Mr. Cline received a commendation for his 
actions.

But tornado warnings by the Weather Bureau were still officially banned 
until 1938.