[EAS] Deja Vu: Boulder officials questioned over effectiveness of emergency notification system

[Sean Donelan]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2022, Bill Ruck wrote:
> My recommendation is to understand the problem from a dispatch perspective. 
> Perhaps arrange to spend some time in your local dispatch center to learn 
> their job.

I have.  The answer don't warn the public about an emergency, because we 
don't have enough people to answer the phones.

Don't replace the batteries in your smoke detectors, because they beep.

Canada's response to people calling 9-1-1 complaining about Amber alerts 
was threatening to arrest the people for calling 9-1-1. Canadian 
officials didn't think about targeting Amber alerts to smaller areas.