[EAS] Sufolk Co, NY EAS mishap

[Ed Czarnecki]

Thank you Mark for the clarifications!

I'm still curious about displays from video providers that may have only
included the EAS header and <instruction> information, and not the content
from the <description> element.  

I don't see much ambiguity here, but would very much like to identify if
there is one.  

The FCC requires a its Required Text (a sentence formed with Originator,
Event, Location and the valid time period of the EAS message constructed
from the EAS header info", plus the expanded text of the CAP message.  The
FCC refers back to the EAS-CAP implementation guidelines on this.  The
EAS-CAP group guidance on this is pretty clear (sec 3.6.4):  The outline of
the alert text construction is the standard FCC required header text,
followed by the text of the CAP <description> element; then followed by the
text of the CAP <instruction> element.  Up to a max of 1800 characters.

-----Original Message-----
From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On
Behalf Of Lucero, Mark

All,
I've been following the discussion here and there is some good insight mixed
in with the jokes and jabs.  We had a call with Suffolk County, their
alerting software vendor, NY DHSES, FEMA Region 2, and a few other parties
interested in deflecting blame (haha).  Here's what I learned and where I