----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Porter" <rich...@pedantictheory.com>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 10:25 PM Chris Adams <c...@cmadams.net> wrote: >> I wouldn't think so, because some of the important alerts are very time >> sensitive. It's been mentioned several times in this thread that the >> earthquake alerts are on the order of 10 seconds in advance. I know >> someone that survived a tornado by a few seconds (the time it took to >> get out of bed and get to the bedroom door as the tornado dropped the >> second floor of the house on the bed). >> > 4G/LTE/5G networks could be further leveraged for this. In Denton County, > TX, USA, you can register to "opt in" to receive weather alerts. We get > tornadoes here. I could see better leveraging of that technology than > streaming services. It is uncommon to find anyone without a cell phone in > the US anymore. Yup; it's called Commercial Mobile Alerting Service (Or Wireless Emergency Alerts, if you're a consumer), and it's been deployed, over SMS Cell Broadcast, for about 10 years now, depending on your carrier. NWS can actually send Tornado WARNINGS *to specific sectors of specific towers*, so they can warn exactly the people necessary in real-time... if it's implemented correctly along the entire path. I'm not actually certain which carriers if any have actually deployed the enchilada. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
