[EAS] Fire

[Dave Kline]

I think you've really laid it all out pretty well Art.

Perhaps the first step in a whole new system, would be to eliminate the alarming alarm noise component of the alert.
Duck farts and two tone attention signals do get ones attention, but it seems it can also put people into a frame of mind that their world may be coming to an end. This may trigger irrational responses. If we were to somehow calmly introduce the alert maybe folks would respond in a calmer, more rational manner.

Alert: "Dave, I just wanted to let you know that there is a tornado warning for your county."
Alert: "Dave, I recommend that you calmly proceed to a safe area."
Dave: "I'm going to call 9-1-1 and see if this is a real alert."
Alert: "I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that."
Alert: "Dave, I must insist that you proceed to your nearest safe area, I will let you know when the storm has passed."

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Dave Kline   UNO-TV/Mav Radio/KVNO
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On Sep 27, 2016, at 4:42 PM, Botterell, Arthur at CalOES wrote:

>Dave,

>So how did we get into this mess?  Excellent question.