[EAS] LA Times: Signs of human error grow in failure to evacuate Altadena during fire. But who is to blame?

[Sean Donelan]

While wildfires don't respect government jurisdictional lines, wildfire
warnings continue to be a problem for local governments.  Although 90% of 
public warnings are issued for geographic regions by national authorities 
such as the National Weather Service, wildfire warnings are left to 
very local officials.  Not every local area can afford emergency 
management agencies. Sometimes jurisdictional lines means one side of a 
street gets a warning, and the other side doesn't.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-21/no-explanation-evacuation-delays-west-altadena

May 21, 2025 3 AM PT

[...]
"But there is growing evidence that the critical shortfall -- in which 
flames moved into west Altadena hours before residents received any 
evacuation alerts -- stemmed from human error, likely during the 
decision-making process, inter-agency communications, or both."
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