March is Severe Weather Month - Plan Ahead for Disasters

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

Network operators are involved in most weather disasters.

March is Severe Weather Month in the U.S. The National Weather Service and 
many states use severe weather month to encourage public planning and 
preparedness.

https://www.ready.gov/
https://www.weather.gov/wrn/


Remember, your Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Applie Siri smart speakers, 
smart TVs, and smart assistants won't practively warn you about emergency 
alerts or weather warnings. Amazon Alexa will tell you about weather 
warnings, but only when you ask about the weather.

The FEMA National Advisory Council published its recommendations for 
Modernizing the Nation's Public Alert and Warning System, which included 
adding alerts to new technologies.

https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/177192

"Ensure people can receive and understand geo-targeted IPAWS messages in 
numerous ways, including social media, mobile aps, automotive GPS units, 
driverless cars and intelligent in-home automated systems (e.g., Smart 
Speakers)."


I also have some suggestions for Wireless Emergency Alerts, in case any 
Apple iOS or Google Android developers are reading.

1. Improving the WEA Imminent Threat Class and Categories
2. Redefining the Child Abduction Emergency/AMBER class
3. Do Not Disturb WEA Behavior for Less Severe Alerts
4. Revising Sample WEA Options Menu
5. Default WEA class names for mobile device user interfaces

https://www.donelan.com/WEA-Improvements.pdf
https://www.donelan.com/eas.html