[EAS] Why social media is not the emergency alert platform

[Sean Donelan]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/tech/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage/index.html
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down

Yes, I remember the Galaxy IV satellite outage knocked out pagers 
nationwide (remember pagers), and several radio and TV networks.

No single system will always work.  That's why you need multiple tools, 
multiple toolboxes, and backup mutual aid resources.