[EAS] LA Times: Reeling from the deadliest wildfire in a, , century Maui sees ghosts from Californias past

[Barry Mishkind]

At 07:41 PM 8/18/2023, Rod Zeigler wrote:
>I did read something today reposted from Radio Ink. Apparently the manager of 6 stations on Maui was interviewed and he said he was begging "local officials" for information to broadcast. He eventually got it, but their initial go-to was to send people to a website...only problem was there was NO INTERNET!!!

        Yep... this is in harmony with
        what I have been told and read. 
        
        In virtually every similar situation,
        the finger pointing is so obvious
        as to make you think the event
        was part of an election campaign.

        The same thins is reverse 911 in
        a fire/flood/power outage situation.    
        And *that* does not take into account
        how many people (I'd like to see a 
        survey) who do NOT answer numbers
        they do not recognize, due to the
        merciless barrage of telemarketers.

        I don't know if they have changed it,
        but even the FEMA's web page listed
        things people should do in an
        emergency = way down the list: tune 
        to "local" radio.
 
>You can lead people to wisdom, but you can't make them think.

        sad. true. a challenge for those
        who really want to serve their
        community.

        b