[EAS] Good article on EAS in AK

[Rich Parker]

As you can imagine, this is near the top of everyone's mind right now.
Obviously it was a budgetary 'problem', but complicated (I think) by
the fact that ALL of the power in that location (and the University)
is provided by an onsite coal fired generator system (i.e. they
already produce their own power 'locally').  But yes, folks are
already talking about how it might be possible to get grants or some
kind of funding to 'fix' this. But remember, the NWS/NOAA is already
so hard pressed for funds that they are often not even able to repair
transmitters right away when they go down. One might hope our DC reps
might be able to encourage FEMA or others to address this - such as is
done with the heavy funding given to PEP stations for hardening,
generators, and such.

-rp

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 7:19 AM Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com> wrote:
>
> I would not be so confident if the same decision makers who co-located the
> NWS WFO and the state's earthquake center in the same building without
> emergency power are involved.
>
> MM