RE: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test

[bzs () theworld com]

On October 8, 2018 at 16:37 sean () donelan com (Sean Donelan) wrote:
> A nation-wide WEA and EAS system helps warn people in both cities and 
> rural areas. But they still depend on carriers and broadcasters. If there 
> are no backup batteries in cell towers, or backup transmitters for 
> broadcasters, you end up with communication blackouts like in Puerto Rico 
> for months.

Which is why it's more relevant to this list than some were grousing
since people here are often the ones keeping the infrastructure this
has to travel on running.

The US govt should pay us all to discuss this!

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        -Barry Shein

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