[EAS] Oroville Dame Evacuation

[Botterell, Arthur@CalOES]

No disagreement here, Alex.  Maybe I should have said "perceived FFW-fatigue"... although it may not be FFWs in particular that have worn out their welcome in this particular market, there seems to be a widespread attitude of "too many weather warnings" among broadcasters.  To some extent I see that as an impedance-mismatch between the operational tempo inherited from the Weather Wire and what broadcasters would prefer in an audio feed.

Art

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From: EAS [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Alexander Tardy - NOAA Federal

I looked at the particular office in this discussion and it has issued one (1) flash flood warning (EAS/WEA) in 2017 with places north of the Oroville Dam having received 110 inches of rainfall since October 1. I looked back in 2015 and 2016 and the total was 5 and 4 each year for that office. 

How is 1 FFW message in 2017, for the structural issues of Oroville Dam within the counties evacuation orders, over warning or not helpful or not worthy to broadcast?

Yes, I am aware of the monsoon season in southern California which is entirely different scope both spatially and temporal often having 10s of individual real flash flood events requiring separate notification through out July to September season. The fact that the entire county and thus the listening area in the counties (large or small) gets an EAS message is the old part of the process. Yes we have work to fix the challenge of a different climate and impact for Socal, but using this as a reason to not forward messages on a completely unrelated matter is not public service. 

Alex

Thanks, Alex