[EAS] The way is sounded

[Sean Donelan]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Jeff Staigh wrote:
> --snip--
> So now the tone of the message has to also suggest high urgency?
> If they're ignoring the the Duck Farts and the two tone ATTENTION signal, we've lost them before the announcement ever starts.
> --snip--
>
> That's exactly correct

The data bursts aren't for the public, its for the equipment.

The public no longer hears the DTMF tones before local ad inserts and 
station identification; why does the public still need to hear data bursts 
for EAS?

Yes, I know the answer.  That's my point.