[SBE] Working the kinks out of EAS

[McGlothen, Darryl]

Russ,

Go to http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/services/eas/handbooks.html You can find several manuals describing EAS for TV, Radio, Satellite, Cable and Wire Line Video services. Should be enough there to confuse anyone.

Darryl


> -----Original Message-----

> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of

> russ at russvanderhorst.info

> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 12:49 PM

> To: sbe member discussion mail list

> Subject: Re: [SBE] Working the kinks out of EAS

> 

> Hi,

> 

> I was of the opinion that when the national airspace was closed, it hit

> the point of national

> emergency. I would have thought at that point, even though the news

> media was covering

> the event, a statement from the president would have been a good idea.

> With this in mind

> however, I also know that we had never really experienced such an event

> before, and 9/11

> really could serve as a learning platform for what needs to be done in

> the future.

> 

> Finally, I started this thread to learn more than what I knew...and

> this thread has certainly

> done that. does anyone know where I can find a manual for station

> concerning EAS so I can

> educate myself further?

> 

> Thanks,

> 

> Russ

> 

> 

> On 9 Oct 2009 at 11:27, McGlothen, Darryl wrote:

> 

> >

> >     The intended effect of EAS system is to inform the public of a

> serious and potentially dangerous event

> >     that could affect them. It is not a `news service´. Rather, the

> listener/viewer is advised, in a real

> >     emergency,to tune to an appropriate news broadcast source for

> more information. When the WTC was

> >     attacked, the event was of such a widespread interest, news

> broadcasters all over the nation became

> >     immediately involved in providing information to the

> listening/viewing public.

> >

> >     That being said, there is no provision in the EAS protocols for a

> public Terror Alert (TRA) or Terror Activity

> >     Warning (TAW). The news media was, and is, the only means of

> informing the public of an event such as

> >     the WTC attack. Admittedly, the focus of EAS is weather event

> warnings and alerts. In order for the public

> >     to benefit from the system is to have an installed, working and

> fully tested system. EAS Committees in

> >     most, if not all, the states are working to assure such systems

> are in place and some have managed to put

> >     together something that `works...mostly...´. Others, such as the

> Inland Northwest EAS Committee, have

> >     managed to work out most of the kinks in their system but only

> regular testing can reveal hidden bugs in

> >     the system. No system is perfect, yet but, when there is one, I

> hope it can be copied everywhere so that

> >     the warning system can be relied upon to perform to the benefit

> of the public. Just my 2 cents...

> >

> >     Darryl

> >

> >     From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf

> Of Urban, Brian L

> >     Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:08 AM

> >     To: sbe member discussion mail list

> >     Subject: Re: [SBE] Working the kinks out of EAS

> >

> >

> >

> >     But in reality, 9-11 was a LOCAL event, not national. National

> impact, yes. As far as who

> >     needed to know immediately, it was LOCAL to New York. I´d argue

> that the news media

> >     provided more than enough warning to the nation.

> >

> >

> >     On 10/8/09 3:03 PM, "Dan Mammone" <dmammone at muskingum.edu>wrote:

> >     Not to rehash a controversy about this event, but if 9/11 wasn't

> important

> >     enough for a national announcement, what is? Only the President

> knows...

> >

> >

> >     --

> >     Brian Urban

> >     Chief Operator

> >     KUT Radio

> >     The University of Texas at Austin

> >     TEL 512-471-1085

> >

> >

> 

> 

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