[EAS] Kerrville and Ruidoso

[Barry Mishkind]

At 04:59 PM 7/11/2025, Bob Bunge wrote:
> >         a. Yes, the NWS could have - and should have - connected
> >with the FEMA and IPAWS. They didn't
>
>Please explain this?  I helped to set up a feed of products from NWS 
>to IPAWS in 2012 and it's still running.

         It was explained to me that the current NWS software
         does not connect with the IPAWS. Could this be
         only in specific areas?

>My 20 something kids likely have not used a computer to look at a 
>website in several years.

         ... and yet, when I questioned the recent NWR
         "upgrades" that took the stations off the
         air during the last few months, with
         no local broadcaster notice, I was told
         "you can find it on the website."

> >2. Many (most?) of the NWS alerts made it to the WEA networks.
>
>The Flash Flood Emergency that was sent after 1am was configured to 
>trigger WEA.  The prior messages were not.  The WFO can control if a 
>FFW triggers WEA or not.  This was a response to the message flooding issue.

         None? For the past two days? Personally,
         I have no way to know for sure, just
         what I heard from the major networks.
         Why would they not have sent WEA?

> >         c. Like cell phones, an EAS alert at
> >             4AM would be mostly useless unless
> >             someone was up and listening.
>
>A WEA at 4am is at least somewhat likely to attract someone's attention.

         Yes, if there is cell coverage *and* the
         kids were allowed to have their phones.

>   One of the things we learned while developing the NWS WEA 
> messages was that people, especially youth, have a different 
> relationship with their devices then they do with any other object 
> like a TV or radio.

         True enough.