Personally, I really don't understand what the difficulty is in conducting an alert and warning test is this year. Yes, we are dealing with COVID-19, but these should be routine in nature.
See this item,
FEMA Says No National Alert Test This Year.
The one thing I do know is that an alert and warning system that is not tested on a regular basis is likely not to work when it comes time to use it for real.
Claire Rubin, Senior Researcher and Internet scanner, shared the link above.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
