[SBE] Working the kinks out of EAS

[George Nicholas]

I recall when the first plane hit the twin towers, at first they thought it 
was a tragic accident.  Then as other planes started crashing, and 
especially the second NYC crash, it became quite clear it was an organized 
effort.  A very good friend of mine had a TV site at WTC and at first I 
thought I might have lost him because his cell phone went unanswered/to 
voice mail for a few hours.  I was relieved when he finally called back and 
said he was okay and, his local CE had taken the day off, so no one from his 
station as at WTC.  But I'm not sure what, if any, EAS action might have 
done, since it took days, if not weeks to understand the entire scope of the 
incident.  Once Panetta grounded the entire country, the risk stopped.

gn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Dunsmoor" <mrfixit at min.midco.net>
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Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [SBE] Working the kinks out of EAS



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>>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.

>

>    Hmmm, I don't recall exactly how all the notification procedures went, 

> but I do know that I knew what was going on within 15-20 minutes of the 

> initial newsbreak.

>

>    Given the scope of what has to happen in order to decide what to do 

> first, second, next, etc, I think that was fairly decent.

>

> Dave Dunsmoor

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