[EAS] Colorado Sun: Emergency alerts were a problem long before the Marshall fire

[Sean Donelan]

Not just Colorado, the same is true in essentially all states.

According to CISA:
"Despite the importance of continuity planning, the SAFECOM Nationwide 
Survey found that less than half of public safety organizations build 
processes into their plans to ensure continuity of communications during 
out-of-the ordinary emergencies or disasters."
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/21_1209_NECP_implementation_webinar_continuity_12092021_Final.pdf

https://coloradosun.com/2022/02/21/marshall-fire-emergency-alerts/

[...]
Emergency alert failures dogged Colorado 10 years before the Marshall fire 
began its destructive tear through Boulder County, devouring almost 1,100 
houses and prompting fresh scrutiny of a system that's been blamed for 
failures in catastrophic fires nationwide, a review of after-action 
reports shows.

State officials say emergency alert systems have come a long way since 
those disasters. But critics say they remain woefully deficient as 
landlines become obsolete and technological advancements heighten 
residents' expectations that they'll be warned if they're in danger. 
[...]