[EAS] California WEA

[Richard Rudman]

To this I would say (with apologies to Abraham Maslow), "If your only tool is a hammer, maybe you need to expand your toolkit."

The emergency management community at large could have used those of us who have learned much from decades of research as a consultative resource when the capabilities of IPAWS CAP came on line. Most do not. Adrienne has had experience with a few EM's who understand what emergency public warnings are all about as have I.

I would never tell a fire chief how to put out a fire or a police chief how to handle a criminal incident, but a handful of the chiefs and PIO's I have known realize that their field of expertise sometimes stops at the fire line and the police line tapes...

Richard

>On Dec 11, 2020, at 6:27 AM, Adrienne Abbott <nevadaeas at charter.net> wrote:

I have no authority over WEA, just like I have no standing to tell the fire chief when to blow the community siren. Not my circus, not my monkies.