[EAS] Time to make the LP daisy chain history

[bdcst]

One of my stations is an SR-1 State Relay.  And we do not forward
most of the NWS weather alerts due to severe messaging overkill.

Winter storm warnings are neither an imminent threat nor possibly
a threat at all when you live in the north.  We expect lots of snow,
cold and wind.

In fact we won't relay flood watches.  Those announcements can be heard
on our newscasts, hourly weather reports or DJ banter.  We limit alerts
to flash flood warnings, tornado warnings, etc.

My state recently decided to implement blue alerts.  At a SECC meeting I 
asked
the state police representative if they thought about the possibility 
that it
might encourage vigilanties or any armed citizen to respond to the scene 
with
their weaponry.  Couldn't this become a policing nightmare?  They agreed 
but felt
EAS should implement it regardless of that possibility.

In NH we have last mile UHF radio links from NHSEM/state police via 
their microwave radio
system to the SR radio stations and now an AoIP system too, for two 
paths.  LP-1's and
all other participating stations monitor the SR's. NHPR has a link from 
NHSEM and it also provides
national alerts via NPR's satellite system.  So NHPR's network of 
stations are also another OTA
SR link for all other participating stations. The last mile is still a 
combination of OTA
from an SR or other participant if necessary along with CAP.  So, while 
there still is some
daisy-chaining it is minimal, typically a single link with lots of 
redundancy.

--Ira

On 2019-09-03 12:45, Barry Mishkind wrote:
> At 09:22 AM 9/3/2019, Sean Donelan wrote:
>> None have completely eliminated LP stations. Well, a couple say they 
>> did, but still have equivalents in their plans. But they've minimized 
>> daisy-chains and have tried some interesting alternatives to reach 
>> every EAS participant (broadcasters, cable, etc) in the state.