[EAS] The Daisy Chain - ONE MORE TIME

[Richard Rudman]

Clay identified alert and warning origination as something that never ever should have been done by EAS Participants.

Some EAS Participants got involved in originating because the role of the emergency management community in the field of alert and warning  got blurred as a result of leftover thinking from the Cold War EBS era. That line of reasoning let some local or state emergency management agencies off the hook because their role was never spelled out clearly and EAS Participants were trying to be helpful. 

Never should have happened IMO. 

In the defense of those EAS Participants who agreed to get involved with origination in one form or another, the phrase "No good deed goes unpunished" comes to mind.

For those who might bring up "last ditch backup" for local and state EAS as a reason for EAS Participants to get involved, IMO that still lets the emergency management community off the hook.

I am sure some will disagree with us about this and give their reasons. Having thought about this for roughly 25 years now starting when we were still preparing for the transition from EBS to EAS, it will take a lot to convince me I'm wrong,.

But I'm always willing to listen.

Richard

> On Sep 3, 2019, at 6:59 PM, Clay Freinwald <k7cr at blarg.net> wrote:
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> 1 - Broadcast Stations should - ONLY- be broadcasting information to their
> listeners and/or viewers.
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