[SBE] Alaska EAS test with EAN

[Richard Rudman]

I received a call early this afternoon from the reporter at NPR in  
Alaska who was working the story. I was consulted as a subject expert  
on an EAS story NPR did a while ago, and evidently my contact info was  
captured in someone's Rolodox or electronic address book.

The reporter was looking for clarification on what a live code test  
is. She initially had the impression it was a test message read "live."

I told her that "live" meant a real code, as opposed to a test code.

I heard her report air in late afternoon and she did a credible job  
explaining what the test was about.

In hindsight, I should have compared the term "live" in the context of  
EAS to the use of the term as it would apply to hand grenade  
technology....


:-)


Richard

On Jan 6, 2010, at 4:50 PM, Adrienne Abbott wrote:


> It was mentioned on the ABC radio newscast this morning at 7:00 AM  

> PST. They

> kinda missed the point, however, and the description in the story  

> made it