[BC] BUSH ORDERS UPDATE OF EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM

[Paul Smith W4KNX]

I almost hate to see them address cell phones.  We already have reverse 911
here, and they use it for all kinds of annoying stuff like if the water is
going to be shut off 30 blocks away, etc.  A real annoyance in most cases.
In the case of severe weather like hurricanes, we know it's coming long
before they need to tell us via text EAS.  A waste of tax money.  It's one
of the reasons I turned off my weather radio.  They alert zones way beyond
what they need to.

Paul Smith
Sarasota, FL

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Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 4:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [BC] BUSH ORDERS UPDATE OF EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM


At 07:31 AM 6/27/2006, Harold Hallikainen wrote

>BUSH ORDERS UPDATE OF EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
>[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Spencer S. Hsu]
>President Bush yesterday ordered Homeland Security Secretary Michael
>Chertoff to overhaul the nation's hodgepodge of public warning systems

         ... preceded by a visit from a phalanx of EB personnel.

         ... then store them next to the mobile homes
         currently stored somewhere in the south.

>The Emergency Alert System, best known for weather bulletins and
>Amber Alerts for missing children, should be upgraded to explore
>communicating by cellphones, personal digital assistants and text
>pagers targeted to geographic areas or specific groups, U.S.
>officials said.

         It *might be* that someone read some of
         the suggestions in the recent Rulemaking.

>implement a freshly stated U.S. policy "to ensure that under all
>conditions the President can communicate with the American people,"
>including in cases of war, terrorist attack, natural disaster or
>other public danger. The move follows mounting criticism that the
>nation's alert systems are outmoded relics of the Cold War.

         We'll have to upgrade the specifications for
         the AMBER Operators Corps.

         Rich - there may be a new carrer for you here!



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