[EAS] concerning the request for new weather Event Codes

[Barry Mishkind]

At 01:25 PM 7/11/2016, Dave Kline wrote:
>YUP!
>Ask anyone on the street what county they live in and most would answer correctly.
>Ask the same bunch what grid they live in?

        ... or have them on a freeway 
        more than 100 miles from home?
        Unlikely to get correct answer.

>Part of what would be needed is some form of grid to county or part of a county translation for the public alerts.

        one size does not fit all.
        We need the NWS to produce two kinds of alerts.
                1. For the BROADCAST community  
                2. For polygon heaven.