[EAS] CALOES issues multi-county energy conservation alert

[tom king]

As a result of this WEA activation(and the multiple negative reactions they received) our county  decided to NOT run the RMT yesterday so as to "not upset the populus" with "non-emergency" messages.

Tom King
Santa Barbara County LECC Chair

On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 7:41 AM Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com> wrote:

>Did the CALOES Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) change people's behavior?

>Maybe.

>Electric usage dropped (significantly) enough it was visible in the
>electric grid charts.  But there was also a lot of other messaging through
>broadcasters and social media, asking the public to reduce electric
>consumption.

>https://twitter.com/KrisAnkarlo/status/1567349844326621184/photo/1

>On Tue, 6 Sep 2022, Sean Donelan wrote:
>> "CalOES, Conserve energy now to protect public health and safety. Extreme
>> heat is straining the state energy grid. Power interruptions may occur unless
>> you take action. Turn off or reduce nonessential power if health allows, now
>> until 9pm."

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