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  1. "...Working side by side with National Weather Service officials, an emergency management staffer around 4:30 p.m. had called for a cellphone blast across the Interstate 210 corridor — a stretch of foothill communities that includes Sylmar, Altadena and Sierra Madre — to warn people that they needed to prepare for dangerous winds. Even if a fire didn’t spark, trucks could topple. Limbs would certainly come down. Power lines could endanger residents. And if a spark did catch, it could quickly mirror the inferno that was engulfing Pacific Palisades, or worse.

    It’s not clear what difference a prefire preparedness alert sent to residents before the Eaton fire would have made. But it could have added another element of urgency as perilous fire weather was beginning to overwhelm the region. ..."

    #EatonFire #wildfires #disaster

  2. "...Working side by side with National Weather Service officials, an emergency management staffer around 4:30 p.m. had called for a cellphone blast across the Interstate 210 corridor — a stretch of foothill communities that includes Sylmar, Altadena and Sierra Madre — to warn people that they needed to prepare for dangerous winds. Even if a fire didn’t spark, trucks could topple. Limbs would certainly come down. Power lines could endanger residents. And if a spark did catch, it could quickly mirror the inferno that was engulfing Pacific Palisades, or worse.

    It’s not clear what difference a prefire preparedness alert sent to residents before the Eaton fire would have made. But it could have added another element of urgency as perilous fire weather was beginning to overwhelm the region. ..."

    #EatonFire #wildfires #disaster

  3. "...Working side by side with National Weather Service officials, an emergency management staffer around 4:30 p.m. had called for a cellphone blast across the Interstate 210 corridor — a stretch of foothill communities that includes Sylmar, Altadena and Sierra Madre — to warn people that they needed to prepare for dangerous winds. Even if a fire didn’t spark, trucks could topple. Limbs would certainly come down. Power lines could endanger residents. And if a spark did catch, it could quickly mirror the inferno that was engulfing Pacific Palisades, or worse.

    It’s not clear what difference a prefire preparedness alert sent to residents before the Eaton fire would have made. But it could have added another element of urgency as perilous fire weather was beginning to overwhelm the region. ..."

    #EatonFire #wildfires #disaster

  4. "...Working side by side with National Weather Service officials, an emergency management staffer around 4:30 p.m. had called for a cellphone blast across the Interstate 210 corridor — a stretch of foothill communities that includes Sylmar, Altadena and Sierra Madre — to warn people that they needed to prepare for dangerous winds. Even if a fire didn’t spark, trucks could topple. Limbs would certainly come down. Power lines could endanger residents. And if a spark did catch, it could quickly mirror the inferno that was engulfing Pacific Palisades, or worse.

    It’s not clear what difference a prefire preparedness alert sent to residents before the Eaton fire would have made. But it could have added another element of urgency as perilous fire weather was beginning to overwhelm the region. ..."

    #EatonFire #wildfires #disaster

  5. LA Times: Officials considered warning Altadena before Eaton fire, but no alert was sent

    "...Emergency officials decided against sending a preparedness alert about increasingly dangerous winds across the Interstate 210 corridor before the Eaton fire ignited.

    It’s not clear what difference such a preparedness alert would have made, but an emergency management official who pushed for the alert thinks it could have helped, especially in west Altadena, where residents didn’t receive any alerts until after the fire had been threatening the area for hours...."

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    latimes.com/california/story/2

    #EatonFire #Wildfires #Disasters

  6. LA Times: Officials considered warning Altadena before Eaton fire, but no alert was sent

    "...Emergency officials decided against sending a preparedness alert about increasingly dangerous winds across the Interstate 210 corridor before the Eaton fire ignited.

    It’s not clear what difference such a preparedness alert would have made, but an emergency management official who pushed for the alert thinks it could have helped, especially in west Altadena, where residents didn’t receive any alerts until after the fire had been threatening the area for hours...."

    (paywall)
    latimes.com/california/story/2

    #EatonFire #Wildfires #Disasters