[EAS] Blue Alerts Are Back

[Sean Donelan]

On Thu, 25 May 2017, Botterell, Arthur at CalOES wrote:
> Isn't there a bit of tail-wagging-dog there?  Alert originators 
> shouldn't be inhibited from using other alerting channels just because 
> EAS entails interrupting broadcasts over a wider area than they're 
> comfortable with.  That's a bit of a caveat to the use-every-channel 
> conventional wisdom... after all, there's nothing less effective than a 
> warning that doesn't get issued at all.

See

http://donelan.com/IPAWS-EAS-CAP-TipsForEmergencyManagers.pdf
Which alert or warning system should I use?

> Also, I think it's important to remember that many alerts don't 
> originate with "EMA officials."  Per NIMS the authority/responsibility

Its essentially impossible to list every potential entity which may 
originate an alert somewhere in the U.S. (or other countries).  EMA 
officials is a convient short-hand.  Heck, some places call their 
emergency management agency by different names, so even the term EMA isn't 
always correct.