[EAS] SoCal Alerts Missed 54% Of Target Calls During [Sonoma County] Wild...

[Mike McCarthy]

First before that, they need to ***directed*** by some power of authority
to use the (EAS/IPAWS) system. Then say "This is how....". Locals simply
won't use it given any discretion.

This is a classic problem of local's wanting the discretion, but lacking
the proper knowledge to make good decisions.

To borrow the adage, "They need to be lead to the IPAWS trough and then
told to drink here."

That's the supply side of the problem. The demand side of broadcasters
carrying the messages once in the system is an entirely different matter.

MM

On Thu, December 21, 2017 12:34 pm, JGabb at aol.com wrote:
>
> As SECC Chair for California I have found in recent meetings with first
> responders and legislators they think of EAS as out dated and the horse
> and buggy of public alerting. What has now drawn the attention of
> legislators is that when cell towers went down, etc radio was still
> there. What we need is a training program to teach the officials about