[EAS] EAS triggered - for where?

[Barry Mishkind]

At 05:20 AM 5/9/2018, Mike McCarthy wrote:
>This is a problem everywhere a FIPS code covers more than 400 sq. miles. 

        Not only that, but as I've written many times,
        one of the areas FIPS and, by default, NWS
        fails is the business of announcing alerts
        for a county. Few people driving through
        have any idea what county they are in - and
        might just be driving directly into a storm,
        for example.

        NWS - and stations - *should* take care to 
        allow listeners to have an real idea where
        the incident is. 

        This is especially bad when automated stations
        play EAS alerts with no followup. 

        County alone is not sufficient - and should have
        been changed/augmented long ago.