[sbe-eas] Florida CFO urges FCC to halt use of wireless emergency alerts

[Hal Kneller]

I think he was referring to cell phones. If you don't test a system - then how do you know if it works?

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Subject: Re: [sbe-eas] Florida CFO urges FCC to halt use of wireless emergency alerts

I guess he is just unaware that we’ve had national alerting for at least 70 years, beginning with CONELRAD. 


> On 11/02/2023 1:05 PM EDT Aaron Read <readaaron at friedbagels.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Honestly, Sean, I'm mildly offended that you sullied our fine listserv 
> with this political tripe.  ;-)
> 
> But seriously folks, this is political pandering...no, it's 
> *scaremongering*...and nothing more.  I'm sure Patronis, a former 
> State Representative, Rick Scott appointee, and no doubt DeSantis 
> acolyte, will be screaming for the WEA system to be used when the next 
> Category 5 hurricane destroys The Villages.
> 
> https://www.wlrn.org/news/2018-11-06/jimmy-patronis-wins-full-term-as-
> floridas-cfo
> 
> - Aaron
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 9:55 AM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > The CFO of the state of Florida is asking the FCC to "immediately 
> > halt any further utilization" of the federal government's wireless 
> > emergency alert service.
> >
> >
> > https://myfloridacfo.com/news/pressreleases/press-release-details/20
> > 23/10/30/cfo-patronis-to-the-fcc--halt-utilization-of-the-national-w
> > ireless-emergency-alert-system
> >
> >
> >
> > Apparently, the State of Florida knows how to issue a press release, 
> > but doesn't know how to submit comments to the FCC.  His letter has 
> > not appeared in the ECFS yet.
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