[EAS] The California Fires - Another view

[Mike McCarthy]

Agreed, Art didn't cite 0.1%.  I did as an example of an extreme and
unachievable goal which others have promongulated, noble as it may be. 
Mass notification and call to action is a highly dynamic situational
specific condition.

There are many sub-groups beyond tourists who would benefit. Shift workers
in a factory or warehouse could be another.

On extreme short fuse events, the (unfortunate) reality must be realized
that not everyone will be notified in a timely manner...if at all. That
doesn't mean all reasonable efforts should not be expended in notification
dissemination. Ring that door bell loudly with the hope and best
expectations. But be prepared for the opposite.

The challenge is to define methods and means to make that happen
successfully across the solios.

If there is any state which this has been tested and repeatedly faltered
at unified all hazards alerting this year, it's California. And the rest
of the USA should learn from these events.  Problem is...most EMS and
political officials won't.

MM

On Mon, October 23, 2017 11:00 am, Ed Czarnecki wrote:
>>>> "At some point however, the efforts needed to alert that 0.1% will
>>>> make
> alerting the remaining 99.9% unwieldy complicated and time consuming."
>
> Perhaps ... perhaps not.  Either way, I'm leery of a rhetorical ipse
> dixit "proof by assertions" on topics like this.