[sbe-eas] [EXT] Re: WA: This is a test. happy Friday!

[Cameron Seaman]

WEA and EAS are indeed separate systems, but they both communicate with IPAWS. When an alert gets sent to IPAWS, the alert has "blockchannel" parameters which prevents it from going over various services such as WEA, EAS, NWEM, etc. In general, they do use the same event codes, they just aren't shown in the same ways, as far as I'm aware.
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I am very confused: WEA may use codes similar to what EAS uses, but I was under the impression they are NOT the same.  There's no possible way a test in WEA could end up on EAS (except through *significant* user error) because they're completely different systems, data flow & infrastructure...right?


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On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 11:00 PM Rob Dale <rdale at skywatch.org<mailto:rdale at skywatch.org>> wrote:
It was first sent at an RMT WEA Test which may mess up EAS but won’t go to cell phones (unless they turned on state/local tests.)

It was next sent as a DMO which I was under the impression never goes to cell phones?

Did one or both go as a live test to all?



Rob



On Aug 16, 2024, at 10:55 PM, Lowell Kiesow <lkiesow at knkx.org<mailto:lkiesow at knkx.org>> wrote:


It might be smarter to test with an event code such as RWT or DMO, so that no damage is done when released to the wild.

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On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 7:16 PM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com<mailto:sean at donelan.com>> wrote:

200166,EMD (WA) - Emergency Management Division (WMD),Washington Emergency
Management Division accidently transmitted a statewide test WEA Friday
evening.



WA Emergency Management
Welp. Shoot. As an emergency management agency, we regularly send test
alerts to ensure our employees are proficient and the test alert system
works. They’re normally sent in a “test” environment. Tonight an alert was
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