[EAS] EAS triggered - for where?

[Dave Kline]

I remember when the warned areas used to be described as "70 miles either side of a line between [town A] and [town B]."
Wasn't easy to figure that out, even for people who live "there."
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Dave Kline
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On May 9, 2018, at 11:06 AM, Barry Mishkind wrote:

>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.