Faulty evacuation alerts woke Angelenos in a panic. What’s wrong with L.A.’s emergency system?
Emergency evacuation alerts have gone off the rails, pinging people seemingly at random. Experts say that such errors can sow ...
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"No human being" sending out erroneous fire alerts, officials claim
L.A.'s top emergency management official says he "can’t express how sorry" he is that residents keep getting false and ...
Bay Area experts weigh in on emergency alert mishap investigation in LA County
Emergency officials in Los Angeles County are investigating why an emergency alert was sent to millions of people by mistake.
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SpaceX, T-Mobile Activate Cellular Starlink in Areas Hit by LA Wildfires
The direct-to-cell Starlink system in Southern California will deliver wireless emergency alerts and power SMS texting to 911 ...
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Officials apologize for erroneous evacuation alerts sent to residents during California wildfires
Officials in Los Angeles apologized for a set of erroneous alert messages that were sent to residents telling them to ...
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‘Not human driven': Here's why erroneous evacuation alerts were sent in LA County
Here's how the wireless emergency alerts, or WEAS, are supposed to work: Authorized national, state, or local authorities send them through FEMA's warning system to a specific geographic zone ...
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DEMA's Mistaken Emergency Alert Sparks Concern Amongst Delawareans
Schall says an official sent out the message via a reverse 911 call, a wireless emergency alert, and the Emergency Alert System.