[EAS] Oroville Dame Evacuation

[Botterell, Arthur@CalOES]

Mike, I'm working on a tick-tock right now.  So far I've verified that NWS issued an FFW (flash flood warning) at approximately 1615 Pacific.  So far I've only heard of one broadcaster picking it up.

Yes, you point to one of our ongoing challenges.  EAS has, over the years, accumulated somewhat of a hodgepodge of event codes, fraught with overlaps and gaps.  E.g., this event could have been coded as an EVI, but also as a CEM or LAE, or even an LEW, depending on who was issuing it.  Aside from the EAN, no code enjoys any particular preference over any other.  It's very confusing for alert originators... all the more so since the different codes may be programmed by individual stations for different processing.

Art

Art Botterell
Senior Emergency Services Coordinator, Public Alert and Warning
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
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-----Original Message-----
From: EAS [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy

Anyone know whether locals employed EAS as part of the evacuation order.

If there is ever a textbook case for use of the EVI code, it's a potential failure or breach of a huge dam.  Which this dame is....huge.

MM

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