[LINK] National Emergency Alert System (was ABC Mobile Web Site Failed Accessibility Test

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Richard Chirgwin wrote:
<snip>
>> No, my comments are not based on listening to any radio stations during the
>> recent emergency, and rarely if ever to 702 at other times. They were
>> based on
>> the ABC's own comments about the Newcastle disasters....and past experience
>> about the fires circling Sydney (in central coast/blue mountains) a few
>> years
>> ago....perhaps that lead to improvements in NSW.
> 
> Well.
> 
> "I don't listen to 702 but I know it doesn't provide adequate emergency
> broadcasting" hardly seems tenable.
> 
> During summer, Sydney gets regular updates on non-critical bushfires
> (because I do lots of bushwalking, there's plenty of radio-checking all
> the time), and 702 breaks into stuff like sports broadcasts if there's
> an alert issued.
> 
> While around the Southern Tablelands this summer, I heard frequent
> updates of fires such as those in the Budawangs.
> 
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702 is broadcast over a very large range. The problem is the granularity that is
required for emergency information:

I think this is the kind of info that is needed:

People in L, S and S: please prepare for evacuation. X Rd and Y rds are blocked 
blocked at?? Please do not use your vehicle and rally at the bus stop/pub.

Marghanita
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