[BC] BUSH ORDERS UPDATE OF EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM

[Mike McCarthy]

The cell phone thing is double edged.  If I have a cell phone and am 
traveling, I would want to know about anything going on at home so I could 
alert family which might not have the same alerting capability or to check 
with them on well being.  That would presume I could get through.

That being said, cell zone alerting based on county is probably the most 
efficient/effective way when you are in your home service. I agree system 
wide broad brush strokes are bad when it comes to alerting.  While the NWS 
has not gone to the county division plan within EAS, the warning system at 
the county level is OK in most areas.

Bonkers....who said anything about that....? (GR)

MM

At 02:47 PM 6/27/2006 -0700, Barry Mishkind wrote
>The problem is in how these items are addressed.  If you live in Chicago, 
>but are traveling in Cincinnati, you need the Cincinnati alerts, not the 
>Chi-town alerts.
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>Unless I am completely bonkers (no comments from the Peanut Gallery!), 
>cell phones could be addressed by cell site instead of "home 
>location."  In fact, wouldn't it be easier to have "universal" alerting by 
>cell site ... a phone/radio would only have to react to the local signal.
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>At 02:37 PM 6/27/2006, Paul Smith W4KNX wrote
>>Those things were zoned for a reason.  Then what they should do is restrict
>>the warning to only the affected zone.
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>>Paul Smith
>>Sarasota, FL
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy
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>>Paul,
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>>Take your blinders off.  What you might find an annoyance where you live
>>could save lives in other areas.
>>
>>MM
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