[EAS] San Jose CA midnight evacuation order

[Adrienne Abbott]

Sean-
At that hour neither WEA nor EAS would have made much difference. The people who didn't turn off their cell phones when they got home turn them off when they go to bed or turn off the TV. Most people put their phones in drawers and wouldn't hear a WEA message. And even if they did hear it they probably would not have done anything until they got that knock at the door. A telephone notification might have helped. Multiple warnings with the same information always add to the credibility of the message. 

Adrienne

> On Feb 22, 2017, at 7:03 PM, Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
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> At 12:15 AM early Wednesday morning, San Jose issued a mandatory evacuation order for approximately 14,000 people.  San Jose used subscription-based alerts and mass media, but did not activate either
> WEA or EAS for the evacuation order.
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> Due to the late hour, few people were watching TV or checking social media. In many cases, the first people learned about the evacuation is when rescue workers knocked on their doors.