[EAS] Maui sees ghosts from Californias past

[Barry Mishkind]

At 11:22 AM 8/20/2023, Gregory Muir wrote:
>Any entity designed by humans will eventually sustain damage, be misused or broken by same.  This is often compounded by agencies either not being aware of interface issues, attitudes towards the systems themselves, protection of one's own turf or simply not understanding the criteria for effectively creating or administrating a warning infrastructure that will minimize failures and protect the public. 

        That is for sure. And, new people
        all the time at so many agencies.

>Individual tests are nice but when it comes down to a thorough simultaneous test of all of the systems together this is the only way we will be to see how things will work when the going gets tough.

        Yes ... and no.
        While the NPT is supposed to be
        the "gold standard" for a national
        emergency, and all the ETRS
        web site stuff, *each state* should
        know if all its members get the
        alerts. (One could suggest each
        LECC, but we have enough trouble
        with SECCs everseeing things,
        not to mention the state plans).
        If each state notified the FCC 
        and the FEMA when they reach
        100%, lagging areas could be
        worked on, and an NPT might
        reach 100% (or darn close).