[EAS] Disputed alert system gets upgrade after Wine Country fires

[Bill Ruck]

Adrienne,

This is a subject that will be the basis for many table top exercises 
in the future.

Right now NOBODY wants to talk about the details.

Usually reliable sources tell me that initially they (city, county, 
and CalFire) went through usual SOP but quickly realized that they 
could not control the fire any more.  It takes hours for Mutual Aid 
to assemble and drive.

One friend describes his trip in a mutual aid strike team as "Like 
driving through heavy snow except that it was red hot embers".

I will defend them somewhat because nobody has the resources to 
handle a 100 year event.  And by the time that they ramp up it is 
really too late for a fire.  A flood, maybe, but not a fire.  A 
hurricane gives plenty of warning to mobilize resources.

What saved the rest of Santa Rosa was mostly the wind died 
down.  That gave the mutual aid strike teams that started to arrive 
around 2-3 AM a chance to halt the fire's progress.

This is the same exact scenario as the Oakland Fire.  What saved most 
of Oakland was the wind died down.

Bill Ruck
Curmudgeon
San Francisco

P.S.  These show up on my email as subject: "Disputed alert system 
gets upgrade after Wine".  Everything is better after wine . . .

At 05:30 PM 11/6/2017, you wrote:
>Bill--
>Did anyone ever ask Sonoma County why they ignored the fire until it got big
>enough to threaten homes and people? As I understand it, the fire broke out
>around 10 PM. Officials should have been aware that the forecast called for
>the winds to pick up overnight and been more prepared to deal with that
>situation.
>
>Adrienne Abbott
>Nevada EAS Chair
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: EAS [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Bill Ruck
>
>See
>
>http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Disputed-alert-system-gets-upgrad
>
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