[EAS] CA Fires/EAS Activation

[Bill Ruck]

Stations changed hands and the new owners had "other" priorities.

The Sheriff asked the county communications department how they could 
activate EAS for a tsunami warning after the big one in Japan a few 
years ago and it became my task to chase this down ultimately to a dead end.

Bill Ruck
Curmudgeon
San Francisco

At 02:03 PM 10/17/2017, you wrote:
>At 01:47 PM 10/17/2017, Bill Ruck wrote:
> >This is getting personal.  The local Monterey / Santa Cruz EAS 
> plan refers to stations that no longer participate.  So if CALFIRE, 
> which has fire jurisdiction in this part of the county, or the 
> Santa Cruz Sheriff, desire to activate EAS, it won't happen.
>
>         And whose fault is this?
>         Some station engineer?
>         How sad that EAS has such a low reputation
>         in Monterey/Santa Cruz that the licensed
>         stations have let things get to this point,
>         and shame on CALFIRE and the Sheriff's
>         office for not preparing for an emergency.
>
>         The instance you now mention - cutting the
>         phone fiber ... that will make reverse 911 real useful.