[EAS] Texas EAS Message 'Flooding'

[Sean Donelan]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2017, Mike McCarthy wrote:
> After a while, and more than a few events where no less than 10 EBS blasts
> went out, it was decided that only the more rare TOR's and FFW would get a
> per-message blast and SVR's would get one to warn everyone severe WX was
> in the area. The station would still read the SVR's, but not run the EBS.
>
> It worked well for the balance of my time there.

If the station is staffed with broadcast personnel at the time of the 
disaster, the best experience during a disaster is turn-off the automation 
and go old-school. Having live presentors and programming is best.  The 
live announcers can incorporate the emergency information as part of the 
continious coverage.

EAS boxes have an automatic/manual switch.

Hurricanes are the easist disasters to prepare for, because you have 
advance notice and can get staff to the station ahead of time.

But what to do with unstaffed, automated stations such as satellite-hub 
translators, cable system head-ends without broadcast studios or 
equipment, and so on.  And when there is no advance notice of the 
disaster, and you don't have staff at the station...