[EAS] Blue Alerts Are Back

[Dave Kline]

SVR and SVA alert flooding is why I shut those off years ago.
Our most commonly alerted event codes (other than tests) that we relay are 1) Flash Flood warnings, 2) TORs and 3) CAEs in that order.
After that it's virtually nil, though I have all of the other alerts recommended by our local committee (sans SVR SVA) programmed to relay.

How about those cases where someone is in a position to say we will only carry that which is mandated, but does not say we will only carry that which is mandated, and just bitches?

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Dave Kline
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On May 26, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Mike McCarthy wrote:

>When the mandate to not carry anything beyond that compelled by rule comes
>directly from the licensee or their delegate, it's hard to do anything
>more.  Their reasoning is irrelevant and it's their choice to be certain.
>This is the case with many stations, both big groups and singletons.

>As for the locals, there is a point where it's not worth banging one's
>head against an I-Beam.

>I will say some underlying cause for this is message flooding from the
>NWS.  Particularly with SVR's where any number of them are issued for the
>same regional/metro area as storms progress. After any number of separate
>warnings for the same cell(s) and/or line, it gets really old...fast.

>MM

>On Fri, May 26, 2017 10:09 am, Dave Kline wrote:
>>In some cases yes, in others it is just people who would rather bitch
>>than get involved in making it work. Whatever the reason may be, the
>>problem is with people, much more so than with the system itself.

>>I find it difficult to believe that abuse of the system is a large part
>>of the problem. Most folks who might be in a position to abuse the system,

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