[sbe-eas] sbe-eas Digest, Vol 246, Issue 1
Joseph Fleming
joemfleming at gmail.com
Mon Jun 3 15:49:27 EDT 2024
We operate WCNV in Heathsville, VA.
We DID receive that warning, but did not forward it.
We DO have several of the location codes for the Chesapeake Bay storm
warning forward, but this was rejected as "Log only."
Joe Fleming
Engineer
Virginia Public Media
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> 1. Question about Maryland IPAWS alert from Saturday June 1
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> 3. Re: Question about Maryland IPAWS alert from Saturday June 1
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> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 17:48:15 +0000
> From: Ken Evans <ken_evans at wmdt.com>
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> Subject: [sbe-eas] Question about Maryland IPAWS alert from Saturday
> June 1
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> A question for Maryland and DC area broadcasters about a Maryland IPAWS
> alert on Saturday June 1 at 10:32 AM.
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> Maryland State Police issued a Blue Alert code. My station received it
> and rejected it as an invalid digital signature. It did not appear on
> warn.pbs.org.
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> My question is - how many people got it? Did anyone air it? Did anyone
> receive it via WEA? As WEA was included in the IPAWS alert sent.
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> It was sent to all Maryland. It was for something that happened in or
> near Chevy Chase.
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> Anyway, so it does not fail again, I am asking if anyone at all received
> and forwarded it?
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> Thanks for the help.
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> Ken Evans
> Chairperson, MD SECC
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> From: Rob Dale <rdale at skywatch.org>
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> Subject: Re: [sbe-eas] Question about Maryland IPAWS alert from
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> From: Ken Evans <ken_evans at wmdt.com>
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> Subject: Re: [sbe-eas] Question about Maryland IPAWS alert from
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> I see WEA in the IPAWS message itself that we received. I do not believe
> anyone got it as WEA. I did hear that WBAL sent the blue alert as EAS, for
> someone up that way said that they received it from them. I do not know
> if anyone else forwarded it. I do know our news department did not get any
> information about the alert from another source.
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> I am looking at the distribution problem and how to solve it. Does the
> sending agency need to listen, or have someone else listen, for the alert
> on air? I would think they would have received it on their phone if it
> went out. Is the problem because it is a newer event code? Would another
> event code have gotten more response? Was it something about equipment, or
> how it was sent? In order to find a fix, I like to ask questions, because
> others can help us find a better solution.
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> Thanks for your help.
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> From: sbe-eas <sbe-eas-bounces at sbe.org> on behalf of Rob Dale <
> rdale at skywatch.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 2:07 PM
> To: SBE EAS Exchange - a mail list for discussion about the Emergency
> Alert System and other emergency communication issues. <sbe-eas at sbe.org>
> Subject: Re: [sbe-eas] Question about Maryland IPAWS alert from Saturday
> June 1
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> A Maryland EM posted on X that she did not receive a WEA.
>
> Are you asking if a WEA was sent or saying you confirmed it was sent as a
> WEA?
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> Rob
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> Rob Dale
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> Skywatch Services
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> On Jun 3, 2024, at 1:48?PM, Ken Evans <ken_evans at wmdt.com> wrote:
>
> ?
>
>
> A question for Maryland and DC area broadcasters about a Maryland IPAWS
> alert on Saturday June 1 at 10:32 AM.
>
> Maryland State Police issued a Blue Alert code. My station received it
> and rejected it as an invalid digital signature. It did not appear on
> warn.pbs.org.
>
> My question is - how many people got it? Did anyone air it? Did anyone
> receive it via WEA? As WEA was included in the IPAWS alert sent.
>
>
> It was sent to all Maryland. It was for something that happened in or
> near Chevy Chase.
>
> Anyway, so it does not fail again, I am asking if anyone at all received
> and forwarded it?
>
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> Ken Evans
> Chairperson, MD SECC
> ken_evans at wmdt.com<mailto:ken_evans at wmdt.com>
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