[sbe-eas] EAN Test followed by RWT

[Brian Law]

Unfortunately,
not all localities have 24 hour news coverage.  In the event of a major 
regional or national emergency, if the power is out  or delivery of 
satellite TV or cable TV is unavailable, there would be NO 24 hour live news 
available to the general population in many rural areas.  I disagree that 
EAS should be no more than a doorbell.  In some areas, only radio will be 
available, and in those cases, most of those stations will be automated 
anyway.  Not everyone lives in a city.  Plan for worse case.
Just my .02

Brian
Living proof Inc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk Chestnut" <KChestnut at entercom.com>
To: "SBE EAS Exchange - a mail list for discussion about the Emergency 
AlertSystem and other emergency communication issues." <sbe-eas at sbe.org>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [sbe-eas] EAN Test followed by RWT



> To interject a "WWCS" (What Would Clay Say). . . "The nature of EAS should 

> be the 'doorbell' to get our attention".   Get the message out there and 

> get off.  We live in the 24/7 news world now.  The public knows where to 

> go for LIVE coverage.

>

> Kirk C.

>

>

/sbe-eas