[EAS] PACOM Alerting

[Botterell, Arthur@CalOES]

The idea that an attack warning would come directly from the feds is largely a feature of the movies.  In fact the plan is still, as it has been for decades, that the alert would come down to the states from the feds, and from the states to the locals, and from the locals to the public.  There's a specialized telephone conference system called NAWAS to facilitate that.

Not saying that's the optimal approach, only that it's the established pattern.  An EAN can allow the President to address the whole nation, but that could happen either before or after an attack warning.

Art

-----Original Message-----
From: EAS [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Rich Parker

Thank you - this is really the issue. Why isn't a 'missile alert' a 'state' issue....

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Adrienne Abbott <nevadaeas at charter.net> wrote:
> "U.S. Reps. Colleen Hanabusa and Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii sent a letter to the chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee asking the panel to investigate whether a state emergency management agency should have jurisdiction over national security warnings.
> The two Democrats questioned whether U.S. Pacific Command, which 
> oversees all U.S. military forces in Hawaii and the rest of the 
> Asia-Pacific region, should have the authority and capability to 
> unilaterally broadcast emergency messages, including overrides of 
> false alerts." AP