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

[Ben Overbaugh]

What a world we live in!

Ben Overbaugh, CBRE (He/Him)
Chief Engineer
KJZZ * KBAQ * Sun Sounds
Office: 480-774-8412 <(480)774-8412>


On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 11:39 AM Rob Dale <rdale at skywatch.org> wrote:

> He’s also responsible for overseeing Florida public safety as their state
> fire marshal.
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> Rob Dale
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> On Nov 2, 2023, at 2:06 PM, Ben Overbaugh via sbe-eas <sbe-eas at sbe.org>
> wrote:
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> And I guess he doesn't know what a test is, or why anybody would ever need
> to do testing on systems.
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> My big question is what does WEA testing have to do with Florida
> finances?  Does the CFO really have nothing better to do?
>
> Ben Overbaugh, CBRE (He/Him)
> Chief Engineer
> KJZZ * KBAQ * Sun Sounds
> Office: 480-774-8412 <(480)774-8412>
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> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 10:51 AM w2xj w2xj.net <w2xj at w2xj.net> wrote:
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>> I guess he is just unaware that we’ve had national alerting for at least
>> 70 years, beginning with CONELRAD.
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>> > On 11/02/2023 1:05 PM EDT Aaron Read <readaaron at friedbagels.com> wrote:
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>> >
>> > 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:
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>> > >
>> > > 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/2023/10/30/cfo-patronis-to-the-fcc--halt-utilization-of-the-national-wireless-emergency-alert-system
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>> > >
>> > > 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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