[EAS] Public Warnings

[Sean Donelan]

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020, Bill Ruck wrote:
> The Marin Independent Journal had an article with whining from people that 
> were not "warned" about fires.
>
> I can't find that article on the IJ website.

https://www.marinij.com/2020/08/31/it-could-happen-again-why-residents-who-fled-bay-area-wildfires-never-got-evacuation-alerts/

> My perspective on this is (1) no system will get to 100% of the people, (2) 
> when things go bad most modern technology fails and (3) if you want to live 
> in a forest be prepared!
>
> The article did not mention the use of EAS.

The L.A. Times also had an article about public alert performance.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-25/wildfires-continue-to-illuminate-holes-in-californias-emergency-alert-messaging

Discussion about Over-warning and under-warning.  Overall, California's 
public alerting performance during this year's wildfires is greatly 
improved.  Not perfect, but greatly improved.