[EAS] It's not rocket science...

[Rod Zeigler]

Eric Adler asked: "Have all states even updated their published plan 
documents since the recent swath of LPFMs came to exist?"
When I received a call last week from the FCC requesting the Nebraska 
EAS plan I had to refer them to a necessarily modified plan from 2007 
that our state is currently operating under.
I also stated that we currently had two different plans from 2010 and 
2015 that had been submitted with no action.
After a pause on the line I went on to state that we were now waiting 
for the State Plan Template to come out and would use that for our next 
submission.
This template could really help the SECC's formulate plans acceptable to 
the Commission. I hope it does just that.
Now, we wait to see whether we are going to have State Emergency 
Communication Committees or State Emergency Coordination Councils or 
Seemingly Everyone Creates Chaos trying to put a saddle on emergency 
alerting and make it trot.
I REALLY want this EAS thing to work for all involved and try to do my 
bit, but sometimes it is an uphill battle.
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R. V. Zeigler, Dir. of Eng.
Nebraska Rural Radio Assn.
KRVN-KTIC-KNEB-KAMI
Chairman, Ne. SECC
Bd. Member, NEBA
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