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

[Aaron Read]

Ah, so from these replies (thank you all) it is easier for a human to
mistakenly send alerts to both the WEA ecosystem and the EAS ecosystem (by
the vector of IPAWS) than I realized.  I thought those were usually two
very different software interfaces but I'm understanding that not only
aren't they very different...they're not even TWO software interfaces; it's
all done in one program.  YIKES.  No wonder fuckups like this happen so
often.


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On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 6:05 PM Rob Dale <rdale at skywatch.org> wrote:

> Correct - a WEA can't "leak" into EAS.
>
> But the monthly proficiency demonstration requires users to send a message
> to both the EAS and WEA channel on the test server.
>
> To do that just requires the user to check the "WEA" box AND the "EAS" box.
>
> If that's done in the real world, then bad things can happen :) Because as
> you noted some things that are pure tests in WEA are actual live messages
> (RMT) in EAS.
>
> Rob
>
>
> On Aug 17, 2024, at 5:58 PM, Aaron Read <readaaron at friedbagels.com> wrote:
>
> 
>
> 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> 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> 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.
>>
>> Lowell Kiesow
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>>
>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 7:16 PM Sean Donelan <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
>>> accidently sent outside of that test
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