[sbe-eas] UI is hard: Why did Floridians wake up to an early-morning emergency alert?

[Sean Donelan]

I haven't found the 4:45 alert in warn.pbs.org.  It will be 24 hours 
before it appears in the FEMA alert archive.

Hawaii fired a person in 2018 for sending an alert.  Problem solved?

The alert origination software used by Florida DEM has a complicated user 
interface which makes it very easy to accidently miss a checkbox and 
overly long drop downs with critical and insignificant settings adjacent.

We know how to do User Interface design in critical systems (Nuclear, 
Medical, etc.)  But good U.I. costs development money, and WEA alert 
software is low-bid software.


On Thu, 20 Apr 2023, Rob Dale wrote:
> What is the flaw in the software? When given a selection, someone decided to
> choose Civil Emergency Message and not Required Monthly Test.
> 
> That’s a big miss 😊