[sbe-eas] WEA/EAS usage in East Palestine Ohio train derailment

[Rob Dale]

I’d classify “used” as a little too nice of a term :) 

The messages were not very useful and the polygons went all over the place. They will not be seen as “best practices“ fortunately…

Rob

> On Feb 13, 2023, at 6:25 PM, Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
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> WEA was used several times during the East Palestine Ohio evacuation after the train derailment.
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> I didn't see any complaints about WEA/EAS on social media.  I don't know if that means the public was satisfied with the emergency alerting during the East Palestine evacuation, or just didn't notice WEA/EAS because there were bigger problems.
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