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

[Richard Rudman]

Horses and buggies do not require the Internet or utility power to work.

If there is anything an EM I would have respect for would understand it would be: the need for last ditch ways to inform a public at risk when the internet and utilities go down.

The few that understand are the real stars of EM and deserve to be supported.

Richard


> On Dec 21, 2017, at 7:39 PM, Bill Ruck <ruck at lns.com> wrote:
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Yer preachin' to the choir here.
> 
> A couple of years ago there was a big EAS/FCC/FEMA meeting at the NAB.  I asked the question "Why can't there be funding for training?"
> 
> The response was "We'll have to think about that."
> 
> Duh-oh!
> 
> Bill Ruck
> Curmudgeon
> San Francisco
> 
> At 10:34 AM 12/21/2017, you 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 EAS and how to use it.
>> 
>> Jim Gabbert
>> CA SECC Chair
>> 
> 
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