[EAS] Multilingual support for CAP messages

[Ryan Stoner]

I'd give anything to get a full compliment of WEA alerts. Since the program started I've only gotten flood warnings here in Chicago on AT&T. It's frustrating because our household doesn't have cable or OTA tv. Thankfully the NWS has an SMS alerting service but it's really a shame that a purpose built system isn't used to its full potential. 

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Ryan Stoner
KB9TQN

> On Mar 29, 2016, at 10:48, Rod Zeigler <rzeigler at krvn.com> wrote:
> 
> Dave,
> "If everyone can be alerted by WEA then why do we continue to sink money 
> in sirens"?
> You have hit on a very interesting point. Emergency management people 
> will tell you that sirens are only designed for outdoor alerting, not 
> for in house alerting.
> My take is that they are actually an anachronism held over from the 
> '60's when everyone was afraid that they were going to be nuked while 
> pick nicking in the park!
> People feel comfortable that they still exist, so as a good PR tactic, 
> sirens are still maintained and installed.
> I am NOT saying they are of no use. Having lived in tornado alley all of 
> my life I can attest to the importance of them, however their use is 
> strictly limited to event and area.
> I also know that some (many?) stations use EAS as their basic warning 
> system for their listeners.
> I still say that forcing the wireless industry to meet the same 
> standards as broadcasters would be a huge step forward in the entire 
> alerting scheme.
> There will always be those that do not heed the warnings and the best we 
> can hope for is to put the alerts out there, in the best way 
> technologically possible.
> You can lead someone to wisdom, but you cannot make them think.
> Rod
> 
> -- 
> R. V. Zeigler, Dir. of Eng.
> Nebraska Rural Radio Assn.
> KRVN-KTIC-KNEB-KAMI
> 
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