[EAS] Multilingual support for CAP messages
Sean Donelan
sean at donelan.com
Sun Mar 27 19:35:26 CDT 2016
On Sun, 27 Mar 2016, Adrienne Abbott wrote:
> were 48 flood-related deaths in Texas, the most of any state. Texas EAS and
> NOAA do a good job of issuing flood warnings but people still drive across
> flooded roads and get trapped and drown. While we were in Texas earlier this
> year 3 people were killed in one storm even though EAS activations and WEA
> messages were issued.
NOAA/NWS has done a fantastic job. Deaths during tornados have been
reduced over 45% since 1986, thanks to better warnings, building
construction, etc. Although 2011 in the top four of the deadliest years
in the last 100 years.
But the EAS is not for teaching people, it's a warning system. Teaching
people not to drive across flooded roads is a topic for driver's education
classes and driver's licensing tests. Along with don't drive around
railroad crossing gates and don't follow GPS driving directions when
there is no road.
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