[EAS] Napa County test: System worked as designed -- Not as expected

[Sean Donelan]

FEMA has a test lab that alerting officials can use to test their plans 
and systems.  The test lab shows what would happen, but does not send the 
alerts out to the public.

Using the FEMA test lab a good way to find those quirks and 
misunderstandings how the systems actually work, without bothering the 
public. Local officials need a lot more training, but they don't need to 
annoy the public with their training tests.

Rehersals, pre-tests, whatever you want to call it, are useful in every 
profession.

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, Dave Kline wrote:
> "This is a Pre-test of a test of the Wireless Emergency Alert system."
> "You are not required to prepare to take no action."
> "Had this been an actual test you would have been instructed to take no action."
> "This concludes this Pre-test of the test of the Wireless Emergency Alert system." :-)
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> Dave Kline
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> On Oct 9, 2018, at 1:24 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
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>> The importance of pre-testing before conducting public tests.
>
>> https://twitter.com/JackieKPIX/status/1049725838931849216
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